Josh Carples: Sen. Sessions should be ashamed

  With congratulations to Minnesota’s junior senator, Al Franken, on his recent legislative accomplishment, should come a denunciation of our own Senator Jeff Sessions.

  Here is the background: a 19-year-old female contractor employee for KBR, a subsidiary of Halliburton, was gang-raped by her co-workers while working in Iraq. After the assault, she was locked in a shipping container for more than 24-hours. Because of fine-print in her employment contract, she was informed that she was not allowed to sue her employer. The contract clause made sexual assault allegations to be subject to arbitration. Keep in mind that the assault would normally be a criminal matter, but this occurred in Iraq, outside U.S. criminal jurisdiction.