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Jackie Speier: “What happens when a prosecutor's ethical and legal expertise contradict commanders' opinions? What happens when justice…”

On the recordApril 1, 2019
What happens when a prosecutor's ethical and legal expertise contradict commanders' opinions? What happens when justice demands that case be brought forward, and the prosecutor is unable to because the commander refuses to act?
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Jackie Speier
Democratic · California

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Speier questions the conflict between prosecutors and military commanders regarding legal actions.

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