Navy stepping up drug testing program Stars & Stripes reports. Sailors will face increased random drug tests as a result of recent changes to the Navy’s drug prevention program. The changes remove the requirement for an annual unit sweep. However, they mandate a minimum of four tests per month that…
How many times do we hear it from clients, especially appellate clients — “I got my discharge, it’s an honorable, what do I do?” ACCA has decided that issue for Estrada, in United States v. Estrada. Appellant argues her receipt of an administratively-issued honorable discharge prior to the convening authority’s…
Professor Colin Miller has a comment today on his blog about United States v. Matthews, 68 M.J. 29 (C.A.A.F 2009) He illustrates that Mil. R. Evid. 606 mirrors the federal rule but has the additional exception for “command influence” in the Members deliberation room. Chain Of Command: Military Case Reveals…
An American war resister one step away from being extradited to the United States has learned she’ll get to stay in Canada a little longer. A judge has ordered a new pre-removal risk assessment for Kimberly Rivera, a 27-year-old mother of three who deserted the U.S. army in 2007 because…
Monday, August 10, 2009: Fourth Circuit affirms CIA contractor detainee abuse conviction, Andrew Morgan [JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit [official website] on Monday affirmed [opinion, PDF] the conviction of a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) [official website] contractor on assault charges related to the abuse of…
Putting the war in Afghanistan on trial Holly Lewis reports from the court-martial of war resister Victor Agosto, who won even before his trial for refusing to deploy to Afghanistan began. (She saw more of the summary court-martial than his lawyer did.) August 10, 2009 Through the looking glass THE…
Here’s the trial lawyers guide to those difficult to read, hard to interpret, and impossible to reconcile appellate decisions. Attribute Everything Mysterious To ‘Quantum Flux’ A reading of Gabriel Fournier’s The Eclipse Of Infinity reveals that the new science-fiction novel makes more than 80 separate references to "quantum flux," a…
Lynndie England of Abu Ghraib fame will be speaking about her autobiography this Friday, 14 August 2009, at noon, at the Madison Building of the Library of Congress , Room LM139. LCPA Veterans Forum August 14, 2009, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM LM 139 First floor James Madison building Lynndie…
Here is a neat website that allows you to calculate a deadline and due dates. Not an application, so there’s nothing to install on your computer or iPhone or BB – and for the overhead conscious it’s free. WolframAlpha. There’s a free download which will allow you to have a…
We previously noted the serious allegations against attorney Paul Bergrin for alleged racketeering, witness tampering, and murder. Stunning development David Kocieniewski, Lawyer’s Ways Spelled Murder, U.S. Is Charging, NY Times, 20 May 2009. In June Mr. Bergrin plead not guilty to these charges, according to NJ.com. Sarah Rice, The Star-Ledger…