Rape counsellor refuses to open files in US airforce case.COLORADO SPRINGS Colorado Springs, city (1990 pop. 281,140), seat of El Paso co., central Colo., on Monument and Fountain creeks, at the foot of Pikes Peak; inc. 1886. It is a year-round resort and a booming military, technological, and commercial city. , CO -- Rape crisis counsellor Jennifer Jennifer became a common first name for females in English-speaking countries during the 20th century. The name Jennifer is a Cornish variant of Guinevere, deriving ultimately from Proto-Celtic *windo-seibaro- "white ghost", via Brythonic *wino-hibirā (cf. Bier bier n. 1. A stand on which a corpse or a coffin containing a corpse is placed before burial. 2. A coffin along with its stand: followed the bier to the cemetery. is resisting demands that she turn over her counselling records of a former client, a cadet at the "Air Force Academy located in this city. Though Bier is a civilian employed by a community agency, a warrant has been issued for her arrest by a military judge, the first time for a rape counsellor in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Bier says she is prepared to go to jail to protect the privacy of her clients records. Most states have laws protecting the confidentiality of rape crisis centre clients. In Canada sexual assault and other personal counsellors avoid detailed recordings of interviews and therapy sessions, in order to limit the usefulness of such records as evidence in criminal and family law suits. The attorney for an Air Force officer charged with sexually assaulting two cadets at the Academy in the late 1990s has obtained an order for Bier to surrender the records. When she refused, a warrant for her arrest was issued. Bier's client is one of 150 women cadets who made allegations of sexual assault by male cadets. The failure of the command structure to deal with the allegations created a major scandal in the U.S. Force bringing an end to the careers of prominent officers. The counselor, Jennifer Bier, expressed determination not to hand over the records and could be facing jail if she is unable to override An arrangement whereby commissions are made by sales managers based upon the sales made by their subordinate sales representatives. A term found in an agreement between a real estate agent and a property owner whereby the agent keeps the right to receive a commission for the sale of the arrest warrant in a higher court. Bier's lawyer claims that both military law and state law protect her from opening confidential records. The attorney for the accused claims his client's right to a fair trial The Right to a fair trial is an essential right in all countries respecting the rule of law. It is explicitly proclaimed in Article Ten of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Sixth Amendment of the US Constitution, and Article Six of the European Convention of Human overrides the accuser's right to privacy. |
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