Ms. Bashford, you have the con. Before we get started, apparently, in order to speak, you need to hit request, and when youre done, hit the part that says speak. In any event, mr. Sullivan, thank you and good morning. I want to welcome the members and everybody in attendance today on valentines day to the 16th Public Meeting of Defense Advisory Committee on the investigation, prosecution and defense of sexes yule assault Sexual Assault in the armed forces. Were going to given by taking attendance. General anderson. [roll call] judge bris boy and judge walton could not be in attendance today, but with 11 members present, we have a quorum. Created by the secretary of defense in 2016 in accordance with the ndaa for fiscal year 2016. Our mandate is to advise the secretary of defense on the investigation, prosecution and defense of allegations of Sexual Assault and other Sexual Misconduct involving members of the armed forces. em if. We will hear from two retired army judges, a retired navy
And once again, we are live here on cspan2 for the 16th Public Meeting of the defense Advisors Committee on prosecution and defense of Sexual Assault in the armed forces. This meeting is open. Before we get started, apparently in order to speak, you need to hit request. The green, and when youre done that seems odd, in any event, mr. Sullivan, thank you, and good morning. I want to welcome the members and everybody in attendance today on valentines day to the 16th Public Meeting of the Defense Advisory Committee on the investigation, prosecution and defense of Sexual Assault in the armed forces. Or da krchc. Miss cannon. Here. Miss garvin. Here. Mr. Cramer. Here. Ms. Long. Here. Mr. Markey. Here. Dr. Markowicz. Here. General swank. Present. Doctor spahn. Here. Judge grimm by telephone . Telephonically here. Miss tocash by telephone . Im here. Great. Judge, chief and mckinley and judge walton couldnt be in attendance, but with 11 in presence we have a quorum. It was for fiscal year 2015
Members who provide updates on the committees findings from the Previous Year and give an assessment of what was discussed throughout the day. Madam chair, when youre ready. Thank you. Were continuing this afternoon with panel 3. So well get the perspectives of the Services Trial Defense Service organization chiefs regarding conviction, and case adjudication process and victim declination. I suspect we might hear something slightly different than we heard this morning. Staff, can you tee this up, please . Thank you, maam. This is in response to the rfis. We just pulled together some questions and im going to read the first one and this concerns the referral process. The defense rfi responses indicated victim preference may play an outsized role in whether or not a Sexual Assault case is referred to trial. What consideration or way should the convening authority give to victims wishes regarding the disposition of a Sexual Assault case . Colonel bennett, can you start us off . Make sure
Next, look into the military justice process when it comes to Sexual Assault trial. During a Defense Department Advisory Committee meeting, several Trial Defense Service organization chiefs from different branches, talk about conviction and acquittal rates and the adjudication process. We are continuing with panel three. Regarding conviction acquittal rates, case adjudication process and victim declination. I suspect we might hear Something Different than we heard this morning. We just pull together questions. I will read the first one. It concerns the referral process. The responses indicate victim preference may play an outsized role into whether or not a Sexual Assault case is referred to trial. What consideration should the authority get to victims wishes, regarding the disposition of a Sexual Assault case. Colonel bennett, could you start us off . Would you be sure to hit the button please . The voice of the victim is something that should be considered. When we give too much weig
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