Hagel Orders Military Sexual Assault Case Review As Controversy Comes To Congress

[Tx4obama]

Hagel Orders Military Sexual Assault Case Review As Controversy Comes To Congress

Top Pentagon officials are taking to Capitol Hill this week as controversy continues to grow over the case of a lieutenant colonel whose conviction for sexual assault was overturned late last month by a three-star general.

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh and other members of the Air Force leadership met Tuesday with Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), a member of the Armed ServicesCommittee, as she prepared to announce legislation that would amend the Uniform Code of Military Justice that allows a commander to overturn a military conviction.

"What this case has done is it has opened a window into what I think are some very weird provisions of the UCMJ, and they are the kind of provisions that are offensive to most Americans," McCaskill told The Huffington Post Tuesday. "The notion that this convening authority can overturn a jury decision for any or no reason at all."

Lt. Col. James Wilkerson, a former inspector general at Aviano Air Base in Italy, was convicted in November of aggravated sexual assault and sentenced to a year in prison and dismissal from the Air Force. But on Feb. 26, Lt. Gen. Craig Franklin threw out the decision, reinstating Wilkerson in the military and recommending him for a promotion, according to The New York Times.

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Full article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/12/hagel-military-sexual-assault_n_2864225.html

[LiberalFighter]

1. They need to demote and discharge Franklin.

[MineralMan]

2. General Franklin is about to regret his decision

in that case. There's no way his career is going to survive this inquiry. Retirement is his only safety net, and he needs to get going on making that happen. He is an abject moron.