Protect Our Defenders has issued its
2019 Annual Report. It lists these legislative achievements (p. 7):
2019 POLICY REFORMS
YEARS OF HARD WORK HAVE COME TO FRUITION AS PROTECT OUR DEFENDERS SAW SIX MAJOR LEGAL REFORMS SIGNED INTO LAW BY CONGRESS. These reforms:
+ Give military families who are victims of domestic violence and child abuse the right to an attorney.
+ Establish sentencing guidelines to reform the archaic process that fails to appropriately punish sex offenders.
+ Mandate Secretary of Defense to study an alternative military justice system, which would empower trained prosecutors to handle sexual assault cases and consider the feasibility of a pilot program.
+ Enable military members to seek damages for military medical malpractice for the first time. We believe this first significant crack in the 1950 Feres doctrine will ultimately lead to the same rights for survivors of military sexual assault.
+ Prohibit military appellate courts from overturning rape and sexual assault convictions for “unlawful command influence” unless the accused’s case was materially harmed by a commander’s conduct.
+ Hold the military accountable to victims’ rights law: Giving survivors a voice on who will prosecute their assailant.
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