The only difference is the legal judgment, that weighing of evidence and facts, will now be done by a trained objective military prosecutor.
Kirsten Gillibrand: “The only difference is the legal judgment, that weighing of evidence and facts, will now be done by a trained objective…”
On the recordJanuary 30, 2013
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Gillibrand highlights the shift to military prosecutors for legal judgments in sexual assault cases.
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