The title of a post on Military.com, September 23, 2009, by Ben Avey YOKOSUKA, Japan – The Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) Far East field office has started a public information campaign to get the word out about rewards for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a person…
Court-Martial Trial Practice Blog
Senate Judiciary Committee Action Stalls On Reporter Shield Bill (S. 448)
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Is SORNA Going to the Supreme Court?
This is the title of a comment on Cory Yung’s Sex Crimes blog. SCOTUSblog’s recent Petitions to Watch post, which lists cases that might be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court, includes a case raising constitutional issues with SORNA. The case, which we previously blogged about, is from the Seventh…
Collateral consequences – Registration.
Pretty easy right? You do, you don’t. Ohio Sex Battery Not A ‘Crime of Violence’? Professor Jonathan Adler over at the Volokh Conspiracy has a post discussing the Sixth Circuit’s decision in United States v. Wynn, where a divided panel found that a defendant’s guilty plea to “sexual battery” under…
Brown court-martial to begin Monday
Is a staff report filed Thu Sep 24, 2009, on FayObserver.com The general court-martial for one of seven paratroopers accused of accidentally killing a fellow soldier is slated to begin Monday. Sgt. Justin A. Boyle is the first service member to be tried in the death of Pfc. Luke Brown.…
USAF Demands Italy Lay Off Colonel in CIA Milan Caper
That’s the title of an article by Jeff Stein | September 23, 2009, on CQPolitics.com An Air Force lawyer has told Italy to lay off Col. Joseph L. Romano III, an officer caught up in a CIA counterterrorism kidnapping case. Romano is one of 26 Americans being tried in absentia…
AP-LS news
The American Psychology-Law Society is a divsion of the American Psychological Association. They have some very good timely research in their magazine, and they try to keep track of relevant news. Here are a couple of interesting items on their web-site. Here are a couple of examples. 1. Fake video…
Child pornography is?
This “issue” or question would be addressed to all of those parents across the country who like to take pictures of their young children. The answer could be that maybe you shouldn’t. 1. Bath Photos & Wal-Mart: What is Child Pornography? By Caleb Groos on September 22, 2009, on FindLawBlotter.…
Training Center Holding Special Court Martial
Is the title of an article in the Cape May County Herald, by Jack Fichter CAPE MAY- A special court martial was scheduled for Tuesday Sept. 22 for Petty Officer Francisco Thompson who is charged with violating 14 punitive Articles of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. The hearing was…
JAA/CAAF Advocacy Seminar
Courtesy of CAAFLog the agenda is online. You can register and pay your $50.00 online here at the JAA website. Unfortunately they have not yet posted specifics of the location of the Symposium at GMU Law.