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Advocates sue DoD for release of sexual assault prosecution records

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2022/11/03/advocates-sue-dod-for-release-of-sexual-assault-prosecution-records/

Advocates sue DoD for release of sexual assault prosecution records

By Meghann Myers
Nov 3, 02:27 PM

Advocates say that the services are improperly withholding requested sexual assault prosecution records. (Airman 1st Class Nicolas Z. Erwin/Air Force)

Two veterans advocacy groups filed suit against the Defense and Justice departments on Thursday, alleging that they have improperly withheld military sexual assault prosecution records requested through the Freedom of Information Act.

Only the Marine Corps has released requested records for military justice system complaints and prosecutions dating back to 2007 at installations in New York, Virginia, Texas and California, according to the federal complaint filed in Connecticut.

“Congress, the public, victims of service member crimes, and service members themselves deserve to know if the military justice system is fulfilling its purpose, or if it’s falling short of its civilian counterparts,” retired Air Force Col. Don Christensen, president of Protect Our Defenders, said in a release Thursday.

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