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Navy Drops Charges Against Second Midshipman Accused of Sexually Assaulting Female
Daily Mail Online ^ | January 10, 2014 | AP

Posted on 01/11/2014 7:46:55 PM PST by centurion316

Original Title (Too Long)Navy Drops Charges Against Second Midshipman Accused of Sexually Assaulting Female Officer During Boozy Party

A U.S. Naval Academy midshipman accused in a sexual assault case will not face charges, leaving just one of three original defendants in the case remaining.

A Naval Academy spokesman said charges against Midshipman Eric Graham of Eight Mile, Alabama, were dismissed following a recommendation from prosecutors.

Prosecutors initially accused three men of sexually assaulting a woman, also a midshipman, in 2012 at an off-campus house in Annapolis, Maryland.

The woman said she didn't remember being sexually assaulted after a night of heavy drinking but heard from others she had had sex with multiple partners at a party.

The men were all football players at the academy at the time of the alleged assault

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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To: Kozak


21 posted on 01/11/2014 9:37:59 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: Chode

Unfortunately on a lot of college campuses, and even in some DA offices it ‘s treated as rape. I’ve seen it time after time in the ER.


22 posted on 01/11/2014 9:44:18 PM PST by Kozak ("Send them back your fierce defiance! Stamp upon the cursed alliance! To arms, to arms in Dixie!)
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To: Kozak

Hey, they’re GIs, government property, not free citizens.

What happens if you get court martialed for shooting yourself in the foot, or taking another GI out of commission?


23 posted on 01/11/2014 9:58:02 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
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To: centurion316

Question: What happens to the careers of the cadets after charges are dropped? Do they remain at the Academy? Anything in their military records? I would think not, but remain cynical these days.


24 posted on 01/11/2014 11:32:10 PM PST by catbertz
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

Drastic, but that’s something I can get behind, it is in line with biblical teaching heh.


25 posted on 01/12/2014 3:23:37 AM PST by Bulwyf
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To: AZLiberty
Ladies, if you want to preserve your honor in a roomful of drunken men, maintain consciousness. Or choose a better grade of drunken men BEFORE you party.

Blackouts leave one functional and appearing "normal'. We had a case where a young female Airman came out of a blackout while having sex and she freaked and then pressed rape charges. The young man was fortunate that she had a history of drinking and blacking out and becoming a real sex machine - she usually stayed blacked out and didn't remember the "fun" she had the night before. The case was dropped as it should have been.

26 posted on 01/12/2014 4:55:15 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: catbertz

When the charges are dropped, they are, in theory, midshipmen in good standing and eligible for commissions upon graduation. If someone doesn’t want them to be commissioned, they might find themselves under heightened scrutiny that could discover some impediment on the road to a commission. Since race is involved, it’s probably complicated.


27 posted on 01/12/2014 6:32:50 AM PST by centurion316
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