The Pentagon may have misled Congress in order to block reforms to the military justice system for victims of sexual assault, according to a report released Monday by an advocacy group.
Protect Our Defenders, which advocates for sexual assault victims in the military, investigated the military’s claims in 2013 that in some cases civilian lawyers refused to prosecute reported assaults, but military commanders insisted that they be referred to a military court.
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