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U.S. President Joe Biden will sign a "historic" executive order on Friday that will change how the military handles sexual assault cases, according...

Bo Zaunders/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- U.S. President Joe Biden will sign a "historic" executive order on Friday that will change how the military handles sexual assault cases, the White House said. The executive order will amend the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) by transferring key decision-making powers from commanders to specialized, independent military prosecutors in cases of sexual assault, domestic violence, murder, child abuse and other serious offenses. The changes,...

President Joe Biden will sign an executive order on Friday that will implement military justice reforms previously passed by Congress.

President Joe Biden has signed an executive order giving decisions on the prosecution of serious military crimes including sexual assault to independent military attorneys

The move comes amid rising rates of sexual assaults, and high-profile cases, such as Vanessa Guillen, who was murdered in 2020 after her claims of sexual harassment were ignored.

(WASHINGTON) -- U.S. President Joe Biden will sign a "historic" executive order on Friday that will change how the military handles sexual assault cases, the Wh

"President Biden is set to give final approval on Friday to the biggest reshaping in generations of the country’s Uniform Code of Military Justice, stripping commanders of their authority over cases of sexual assault, rape and murder to ensure prosecutions that are independent of the chain of comm

Prosecution of sexual and related crimes in the military will be handled by special units outside the military chain of command.

Decisions on cases like sexual violence and extreme crimes like murder will now be made by independent military prosecutors.

Reforms mark the most sweeping change to the US military legal code since its creation in 1950, the White House says.