Great, thank you very much for coming today. Were going to be talking about the per spespectives of the sers special Victims Counsel, Victims Legal Counsel Program managers regarding conviction and acquittal rates, the case adjudication process and the victim deckly medication in the military process, thank you ms. Specht, captain sullivan and colonel hamilton. To begin with, talking about the article 32 process. Some of the article responses to the committee raised concerns that the judge advocates serving as preliminary hearing officers lack extensive experience dealing specifically with Sexual Assault cases. Other responses indicated that due to the limited scope of article 32 preliminary hearing officers do not have all of the information needed to make a probable cause determination that is binding. The overall assessment was that the staff judge advocate who is often more experienced is in a better position to advise the convening authority on probable cause. Should a judge advoc
Special victims the gold held sole on the expedited transfer policy in the program itself welcome to everybody i would like to hear what you all have to say then we will open up to questions for the Committee Members you are in control of your destiny deciding how you proceed. Afternoon ladies and gentlemen. Serving as said judge advocate over years. Based on my own experience as a judge advocate Administrative Law attorney and the prosecutor. But as the trial counsel. Vice serve as the fulltime special Victims Council through july 2017. In from school in Charlottesville Virginia from Sexual Assault and Sexual Assault victim and counsel as they have indicated with those Services Available to them to be in the military or civilian realm. So to advice to clients at this time whether they have chosen to make a restricted air unrestricted report for victims to receive those necessary services. Only those unrestricted options they are entitled to representation with that client attorney wro
More from the Defense Advisory Committee on Sexual Assault in the armed forces. With remarks by military attorneys on their experiences representing clients of Sexual Assault and what can be done to improve victim counseling programs. This is one hour and a half. [background noises] we are starting our special Victims Counsel, victims Legal Counsel for perspectives on expedited transfer policy and the program itself. I want to welcome everyone. As he did in the last panel, id like to hear what you all have to say and then we will open it up to questions from the Committee Members and you are in control of your destiny and this is how you choose in what order to proceed. Good afternoon. I have served as an active duty judge advocate for the army for over eight years. Thank you for the opportunity to speak today. The things i expressed today are my own based on my experience and are not those of the army. As a judge advocate ive been a legal assistant attorney a ministry of law attorney,