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The act also criminalizes sexual harassment within the Uniform Code of Military Justice, moves prosecutorial decisions in cases involving retaliation to a special prosecutor and establishes annual reporting on retaliation to Congress, which provides greater oversight. “Not only do they get harassed or assaulted, but they get treated like they’re a liar, getting ousted, blackballed.” “I don’t think many people outside the military understand the precipice these victims experience,” Khawam said about retaliation against sexual assault victims. Her next hearing in federal court is Jan. Robinson’s girlfriend, Cecily Aguilar, remains the sole defendant charged in Guillén’s murder and she is currently fighting the indictment. The move was prompted by Guillén's death. Fourteen Army leaders were eventually fired or suspended following an investigation into how sexual harassment and sexual assault were investigated. Aaron Robinson, who was initially detained by military investigators, then slipped from the Army’s grasp and eventually killed himself as police moved in to arrest him.
The investigation and search for Guillén in 2020 zeroed in on Army Spec. The murder prompted calls for reform from her family and members of Congress about the way harassment and assault in the military are handled. Her remains were discovered two months later in Bell County.
Her family immediately raised the alarm, saying Guillén had told them she had complained of being sexually harassed by another soldier before she disappeared. The law is named for Houston resident Vanessa Guillén, who was a 20-year-old Army private first class stationed at Fort Hood when she disappeared in April 2020. Previously, sentences could have been recommended by panels of officers who often had no guidance on minimum sentences. For these cases, it also establishes sentencing to be made by judges as well as sentencing parameters. The federal legislation also moves prosecution authority for other offenses - including murder, kidnapping, domestic violence and child abuse - to independent prosecutors. “We literally moved the mountain here,” said Natalie Khawam, the attorney for the Guillén family.
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