Ashley I. Acord
Soc Movements mon/wed 3:30-4:45
Summaries of Democracynow.org
On March 5th, 2014, I read an article on Democracynow.org describing that the U.S. Army’s top prosecutor for sexual assault cases was suspended for alleged sexual assault. Joseph Morse is accused of groping and trying to kiss a colleague at a legal conference on sexual assault in 2012. Many Army officials that take part in the sexual assault oversight are and have also been accused of these crimes.
I also read an article describing that the Senate has rejected a measure that would have moved the handling of military sexual assault cases outside the chain of command. Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand had led a campaign to strip military commanders of authority over sexual assault cases in favor of an independent military prosecutor. But 10 Democrats joined with Republicans to defeat Gillibrand’s proposal. The military has fought against augmented calls to restructure oversight subsequent to a report showing around 26,000 sex crimes inside the ranks in 2012. After Thursday’s crush, Senator Gillibrand paid accolade to the military sexual assault victims who came frontward to lobby Congress.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand: "Many of them may not ever wear the uniform again, but they believe so strongly in these reforms that for a full year now they have come to us to meet with senators and members of Congress to tell those stories of what they endured and why the system is so broken. Tragically, today the Senate failed them."
Lastly I read an article that entailed a shooting in a crowded Tennessee mall. The shooting left the victim vitally wounded. Four people have been taken into custody. Ironically in Idaho, state lawmakers have permitted a measure that would allow concealed weapons on college campuses. If signed into law as expected, Idaho will become the seventh state to tolerate guns at state schools.
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