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Sgt. Shawn Silva, who received a plaque from colleagues celebrating his 25th stun-gun deployment, resigned amid an unrelated sexual-harassment investigation, records show
The estimated 26,000 sexual assaults in the military last year, only will 302 cases were prosecuted. without the photos, it is likely sergeant silva would have gotten away with it. >> we as the military take the victim's fight accused and make sure we protect their rights, too. our job is to hunt the hunters. in the rem of sexual assault and sexual abuse, we take it very serious. >> reporter: a bipartisan group of lawmakers are pushing to revamp the way the military investigates sexual assault cases by taking the cases away from on site commanders. >> our carefully crafted common sense proposa...