Military sexual assault bill clears Senate: what it could mean for troops
Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish is featured in this article from the Christian Science Monitor:
Still, victims advocates say they would like to see more far-reaching changes. McCaskill’s bill, for example, prohibits the use of the “good soldier” defense “unless a defendant’s character is directly tied to the alleged crime.”
But this language “is not specific enough” and could give military judges “too much wiggle room to essentially ignore the rule,” argues Nancy Parrish, president of Protect Our Defenders, an advocacy group.
The bill will next move to the House of Representatives, where Speaker John Boehner (R) of Ohio said through a spokesman Monday that he will “review this legislation to determine the best way to consider additional reforms in the House.”
