In an analysis of almost 450 military special victims cases filed between 2018 to 2020, the Department of Defense's inspector general found that 64% did not have properly trained prosecutors assigned to them.
In many of the cases, "the assigned prosecutor was an inexperienced, junior prosecutor without specialized training in special victim cases," according to the report, which is expected to be released publicly this week after review by the branches of the military.
Speier, the chair of the House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee, called these special victims cases complex, saying it takes an attorney "skillfully trained" to be able to follow evidence and ask the right questions to prosecute cases effectively. She added that the use of properly trained prosecutors would also lead to an increased rate of convictions for military sexual assault and domestic violence crimes.
Recommendations from the commission include the creation of the Office of the Special Victim Prosecutor and moving the investigations of sexual assault and domestic violence outside the chain of command. The proposed changes are expected to cost approximately $4.6 billion to implement over the next five years.
"This report doesn't surprise me because there has been a reluctance to take sexual assault cases seriously was in the military for a very long time," Speier said.
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