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Senate Committee Reaches Deal on Prosecution Decisions for Most Felonies In this March 14, 2021, file photo, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference in New York. (Seth Wenig/AP Photo File) 22 Jul 2021 The decision to prosecute sexual assault or other serious crimes such as kidnapping or murder would be made by military attorneys outside a unit s chain of command under an agreement reached by the Senate Armed Services Committee late Wednesday. The panel, deliberating a proposed $740 billion defense policy bill this week, agreed to include all provisions of New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand s Military Justice Improvement Act, which calls for removing prosecutorial decisions for serious crimes that aren t inherently related to military service from unit commanders.

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