Okay. Thank you for joining us this morning. Were going to be looking at the perspectives of the services military Justice Division chiefs regarding conviction and acquittal rates, case of adjudication process and victim declination. Thank you. [ inaudible ] [ inaudible ] forecourt mash sal 405 as currently drafted provide an effective check against charges for which there is no probable cause. Ill start with you. So, i think for the past several years the procedural requirements have change and statutory change for the requirement for the victim to testify. And as a result, in many cases that the governments most significant evidence. In the those cases where a victim chooses to not to testify, the government is basically making its case based on the paper file. And so i will say that those changes over time have, have reduced the procedural requirements of article 32 but i still think its a valuable check. First off, there is an experienced judge advocate looking at the case and evid
It was created in 2015 in accordance with the act in 2015 as amended. Our mandate is to advise the secretary of defense on investigation, prosecution of allegations of Sexual Assault and other Sexual Misconduct involving members of the armed forces. Please note that todays meeting is being transcribed. A complete written transcribe will be posted on the website. Todays meeting will begin with the dac ipads fiscal 2018 for acquittal rates of Sexual Assault in the military based on case documents from all military Sexual Assault cases closed during the fiscal year. Next, staff director will provide an overview of the Draft Department of defense report on allegations of misconstruct. This draft report was submitted to the dac ipad in fulfillment of the Defense Authorization act for fiscal year 2019. Following the overview of the report, Service Representatives involved in the report, drafting and Data Collection will appear before the committee to answer questions about the data, and the
Attempt to smear our justice system. Plus is Queen Elizabeth ready to hand over the reins to her son Prince Charles finally . Trish regan primetime begins right now. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi blasting President Trumps push to include a Citizenship Question on the 2020 census. This is about keeping, you though, make america you know the hat, make America White again. They want to make sure certain people are counted. Its really disgraceful. And its not what our founders had in mind. Pelosis criticism coming hours after far left congresswoman Rashida Tlaib called out pelosi for not supporting women of color in congress. She says you are not supportive enough of women, specifically minority women. And she is saying the make America Great hat is about making America White again . Tlaib didnt mince any word . Is it about sit secondship . No. Its about reducing the number of people of color being counted in the census. Thats what its about. Trish deneen, is that what its about . Trish, what
Attempt to smear our justice system. Plus is Queen Elizabeth ready to hand over the reins to her son Prince Charles finally . Trish regan primetime begins right now. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi blasting President Trumps push to include a Citizenship Question on the 2020 census. This is about keeping, you though, make america you know the hat, make America White again. They want to make sure certain people are counted. Its really disgraceful. And its not what our founders had in mind. Pelosis criticism coming hours after far left congresswoman Rashida Tlaib called out pelosi for not supporting women of color in congress. She says you are not supportive enough of women, specifically minority women. And she is saying the make America Great hat is about making America White again . Tlaib didnt mince any word . Is it about sit secondship . No. Its about reducing the number of people of color being counted in the census. Thats what its about. Trish deneen, is that what its about . Trish, what
Welcome to matter of fact from philadelphia. Behind me is independence hall, the birthplace of the declaration of independence and the constitution. This city holds an important place in American History and this state plays an Important Role in president ial history. With campaign 2020 now fully underway, the nations pollsters and pundits turn to a handful of states critical to any candidates president ial hopes, including pennsylvania. Since 1992, pennsylvanias Electoral College votes have gone to the democratic candidate. Until 2016 when the political ground shifted as the keystone state chose donald trump. One county that flipped from blue to red is erie in the far northwestern corner of the state. Thats where special contributor joie chen met with voters as part of our matter of fact listening tour in pennsylvania. Joie the orange vanilla twist at saras is everything here. This is real erie . Erie. Joie it is also a trait that captures the flavor of erie politics. Sharp contrasts