Supporting Victims of Sexual Misconduct: Three Judge Advocate General’s Corps- Driven Solutions to Three Problems Revealed by the Fort Hood Independent Review Committee Report
I. A Call to Action On November 6, 2020, the U.S. Army released findings contained within the Fort Hood Independent Review Committee Report (FHIRC Report).[1] The FHIRC Report was a culmination of a Department of Defense (DoD) directed investigation into concerns that Army leaders at Fort Hood, Texas were mishandling sexual misconduct cases.[2] In 2020, […] Continue Reading >
I. Introduction In May 2021, the American Law Institute approved the Restatement (Third) of Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons, a project on which one of us served as Associate Reporter and the other as Advisor. For the first time, the Restatement addresses liability for sexual torts in a stand-alone section—specifically, a section on the doctrine […] Continue Reading >
Plea Bargaining’s Uncertainty Problem
Supporting Victims of Sexual Misconduct: Three Judge Advocate General’s Corps- Driven Solutions to Three Problems Revealed by the Fort Hood Independent Review Committee Report
Introduction In 2003, prosecutors offered Weldon Angelos a fifteen-year plea deal to resolve drug and gun charges. Angelos turned down the offer, was convicted at trial, and was sentenced to fifty-five years in prison.[1] In 2013, prosecutors offered Joseph Tigano a ten-year deal if he pleaded guilty to growing 1,400 marijuana plants. Tigano refused. After […] Continue Reading >