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Short of stripping commanders of their authority to prosecute rape cases. pentagon leaders who oppose the effort said it would undermine commanders. it was sponsored by senator kirsten gillibrand. the new york democrat spearheaded an emotional campaign to curb military sexual assaults. >> we know that the deck is stacked against victims of sexual assaults in the military today, and today, sadly, we saw the same in the halls of congress. >> there were about 5,400 reports of sexual assault in the ...

>> yeah, there shouldnt be. i have been a proponent of this for many, many years. having been a prosecutor, again, who has tried rape cases, in many states, unfortunately, theres a statute of limitations for rape cases. these are felony rape crimes. there is no reason why there should be a statute of limitations. we have about 20 states, though, let me be clear, that there are no statutes of limitation for rape cases but thats just simply not enough. bottom line is with all the dna matches and t...

I have been a proponent of this for many, many years. having been a prosecutor, again, who has tried rape cases, in many states, unfortunately, theres a statute of limitations for rape cases. these are felony rape crimes. there is no reason why there should be a statute of limitations. we have about 20 states, though, let me be clear, that there are no statutes of limitation for rape cases but thats just simply not enough. bottom line is with all the dna matches and the advances weve made with d...

Advocate. the desensitized nature of what happened here and like jeffrey said, theres a certain brazen attitude about these defendants in terms of this crime. they then come in and say you know, we did this and how can we work it out, they were insistent that they did not rape this young lady and in fact, when you look at some of the witness testimony, the victim was put on trial, which is often what happens in rape cases. and i hope that the adults, you know, ive got to ask, where were the pare...

Trial, which is often what happens in rape cases. and i hope that the adults, you know, ive got to ask, where were the parents who own the home where this party took place with all of this drinking. where were the coaches, where were the teachers, the educators and the parents of these young people to guide and direct them. so i hope that the attorney general broadens his net and that there is a full scale investigation of so many more people who clearly had so much to do with this. there is a l...

I think there are women who can understand or at least appreciate what she is talking about. >> i actually would draw the opposite conclusion. i think it is possible that some jurors might have sympathy. women jurors are often very tough on women particularly in rape cases. i dont think it is necessarily men -- >> i agree. i think thats why they dressed her down and frumped her up. women are harder on women. there is a developing sense even in the beginning when she was on direct that women were...

Rape cases. i dont think it is necessarily men -- >> i agree. i think thats why they dressed her down and frumped her up. women are harder on women. there is a developing sense even in the beginning when she was on direct that women were starting to say i kind of understand that. you start to see that. >> her story is that she feared for her life and that is why she killed this guy. we havent heard much about that fear. >> remember years ago with the murder out in california with the twinkie def...

>> thats why they put her in the front office. >> i did have a lot of troublesome male students. >> you brought up a good example when you said we dont broadcast terrorist demands. we were talking about the media. exactly. we dont read the ransom notes. it glorifies the terrorists or the criminals, hostage takers, whatever. i think it was bill who said the rape cases, they dont mention the name of the victim. the media is constantly self-censoring themselves. but for some reason they think in te...

And republicans are scrambling to contain the damage. in an interview with a st. louis tv station, akin was asked whether he supports an abortion exception in the case of rape. this is how he answered. >> it seems to me first of all from what i understand from doctors, thats really rare. if its a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. lets assume that maybe that didnt work or something. i think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to ...

The producers of the show to effectively wean her out of the program. now she says shes unemployable in hollywood. >> well, whats interesting is that she says they killed off my character because i complained about the fact that he hit me upside the head. sheridan said she was going to call her co-desperate housewives to testify in the case, eva longoria and the others, but she didnt call them. do we know why? >> well, i think we dont know why. in a lot of cases what they would have said would n...