You probably heard this story four or five years ago, and presumed that justice had been done. Unfortunately, justice is still being denied.
Jamie Leigh Jones, in 2005, was employed by a private contractor in Iraq when she was gang-raped by her fellow employees. Since the rape took place in Iraq, she could not file U.S. criminal charges and she cannot file a lawsuit in the U.S. because of fine print in her contract.
Fortunately, the injustice of this situation is being addressed by Congress, but now the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is fighting it. The Chamber has gone so far as to say that it would set "a dangerous precedent" to allow rape victims into court.
Is it any wonder that responsible companies like Proctor and Gamble are withdrawing their membership in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce?
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