Perspective
Sep. 17, 2013
Military justice reform efforts are misguided
Although well-intentioned, current efforts to reform the Uniform Code of Military Justice show a lack of understanding of the military legal system. By Jeff Lawson
There is an ongoing move to reform the Uniform Code of Military Justice to staunch the reported epidemic of sexual assault in the military. Two major proposals are to: (1) take away the authority from commanders to prosecute sex crimes and give it to an independent prosecutor; and (2), strip commanders of the authority to grant clemency to convicted sex offenders. Both proposals would harm what is widely acknowledged to be the best military in the ...
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