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Air Force Times: IG goes to Facebook to lament retirement of general who overturned sex assault conviction

Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish is featured in this Air Force Times article:

Nancy Parrish, president of Protect Our Defenders, an advocacy group for victims of military sexual assault, said in an email she is not surprised Mueller would be personally upset about Franklin’s departure.

But Mueller’s concern “that political pressure on commanders to prosecute sexual assaults will result in ‘significantly tilting the balance of justice that we all hold so dear,’ only furthers the claim that these decisions should not be made by those with personal opinions or interests at stake,” Parrish said.

Protect Our Defenders brought Smith’s complaint to light when it published on its website pages of material Smith found on the Shaw server that was violent and degrading toward women.

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