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NBC News: Civil Rights Commission Urged to Order Audit of Military Sex-Assault Cases

Brian Briggs reports for NBC News on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish:

“I think that’s a great idea,” testified Nancy Parrish, president of the advocacy group Protect Our Defenders, who was responding to an audit suggestion floated by commission member David Kladney. Parrish also reported that military leaders later reduced some of those rape convictions to lesser charges such as adultery and indecent language, meaning the offenders remain on active duty and had their time in the brig substantially decreased.

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