The DOJ is being pushed by a U.S. Senator to appeal the decision to deny Public Safety Officers' Benefits to a Baltimore cadet killed during a live burn training exercise in 2007.

Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) sent a letter on Dec. 4) to Attorney General Eric Holder, which included a letter from Baltimore Fire Chief James Clack that certified Cadet Rachael Wilson's authority to act as a firefighter during the day of her death.

Last month, the PSOB Office denied benefits Wilson's family, saying that it had not been established that she had the authority.

"Attorney General Holder must right this wrong," Mikulski said in a statement. "Cadet Wilson earned this financial support and her children deserve it. Further delay is unacceptable. Her children can count on me to continue to fight for them."

She has been working closely with the Department of Justice since learning about the case last month and on Nov. 5 asked Holder to intervene and take all necessary steps to quickly resolve problems preventing Wilson's children from receiving survivors' benefits.