The following appears in an
op-ed by Sen.
Claire McCaskill (D.- MO) in
Time Magazine:
"As a former sex crimes prosecutor who’s personally held the hands of victims and fought to put rapists behind bars, I’ve judged each policy idea with one yardstick: Will it lead to better protections for victims and more prosecutions of predators? By that measure, I believe that alternative proposal [New York Democratic Sen. Kerstin Gillibrand's bill to transfer to prosecutors independent of the chain of command the power to decide which cases will go to courts-martial] would have fallen short, and that it in fact would have backfired, resulting in higher rates of retaliation against victims and fewer prosecutions of predators."
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