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Turner endorses landmark legislation to combat military sexual assault
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WASHINGTON, D.C. Congressman Mike Turner (R-OH) announced Friday that he will endorse landmark bipartisan legislation to reform the military justice system in sexual assault cases. The legislation would remove the decision to prosecute sexual assault from the military chain of command and place it in the hands of a independent senior military prosecutor.
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) first introduced the bill in the Senate. Turner will serve as the original House Republican cosponsor of the bill.
“Congressman Turner is a longtime leader in the fight to combat sexual assault in the military and has a proven record of enacting legislation to deliver justice for survivors,” Gillibrand said in a statement from Turner’s office. “This is a truly bipartisan bill and it’s time to get this done.”
May 14, 2021
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Senator Kirsten Gillibrand s bill aimed at preventing sexual assault in the military is drawing bipartisan support.
The New York Democrat told NBC News they now have 61 co-sponsors to put the bill over the filibuster threshold. Gillibrand explained she s been working to address military reform since 2013 and this vindicates years of work to secure justice for military survivors. The measure would move cases out of the military chain of command to trained military prosecutors.
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