A ruling by a U.S. military appeals court jeopardizes the Pentagon’s ability to prosecute sexual assaults committed before 2006, just as more people are coming forward with years-old allegations as part of the #MeToo movement.
The ruling involves the case of Air Force Lt. Col. Edzel D. Mangahas, who in 2015 was accused of assaulting a woman in 1997, when they were both cadets at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces dismissed a rape charge against Mangahas this month, saying a five-year statute of limitations applied in the case.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2018/02/24/new-court-ruling-jeopardizes-militarys-ability-to-pursue-old-rape-cases/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.98353c149d3e
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