Wired.com reports: Army commanders were warned against sending to Iraq an Army private who is suspected of leaking hundreds of thousands of sensitive documents to the secret-spilling site WikiLeaks. Pfc. Bradley Manning’s supervisor at Ft. Drum in New York had told his superiors that Manning had discipline problems and had…
Court-Martial Trial Practice Blog
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News&Tribune reports: A pretrial investigation into the death of a Henryville woman, allegedly murdered by her husband, a U.S. Army solder from New Albany, is still ongoing. WITN reports: WITN News has learned that the former commander at Cherry Point is now facing military charges in connection with his drunk…
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Dayton Daily News reports: William C. Gurney, former top enlisted man at the Air Force Materiel Command headquarters at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, was sentenced at his court-martial on Friday to 20 months in military prison. Air Force Times reports: The Air Force Academy is investigating about 25 cadets for…
CAAF decides Luke
United States v. Luke. ERDMANN, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which BAKER, J., joined. RYAN, J., filed a separate concurring opinion. STUCKY, J., filed a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part. EFFRON, C.J., filed a separate dissenting opinion. We now review the following three…
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Behind the barricades: infiltration of Navy court-room San Diego – success, Article 39A – complete, exfiltration Navy court-room San Diego – success. NewsFirst5.com reports: Spc. Jordan Peters is charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter, one count of driving under the influence, one count of reckless endangerment and one count…
Tech wars crimes
We read and hear a lot about cyberwarfare. Here is a link to an article that raises the question – is the use of certain cyberwarfare techniques a law of war violation? And answers in the negative. Could deploying Stuxnet be a war crime?
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WHIO reports: A 27-year Air Force veteran has pleaded guilty to 13 counts of sexual misconduct in his court martial at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois. Chief Master Sergeant William Gurney still faces trial on 5 other counts against him. NY Daily News reports: Army leaders are weighing a…
Separation anxiety
NIMJ has posted a GAO report on the “costs” of implementing DOD’s homosexual conduct policy. But beyond that specific issues there are interesting charts which show the prevalence of administrative discharges and reasons for discharge for FY2004 through FY2009. Look at Tables 13-15.
No brainer
Howard Bashman at howappealing found this article. Today’s edition of The Montreal Gazette contains an article that begins, "When can a lawyer criticize a judge? Lawyers — as well as judges and professional orders representing lawyers across Canada — will be closely watching the outcome of a Supreme Court of…
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Dayton Daily News reports: Court-martial proceedings have arrived in southwestern Illinois for an Ohio-based chief master sergeant accused of sexually harassing 10 female subordinates. Prior postings on this case are here. Marine Corps Times reports: A Marine was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for…