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CAAFLog has this interesting post and question about a new (?) clause in standard Navy PTA’s that remove good time credit.

This Agreement constitutes my request for, and the convening authority’s approval of, deferment of all confinement suspended pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and deferment for the days of “good time” (as defined by SECNAVINST 1640.9B) that I may earn while in confinement prior to the convening authority taking action on the sentence.  The period of deferment will run from the date of sentencing until the date the convening authority acts on the sentence.

And here is CAAFlog’s question:

Robert Don Gifford has provided an update on the Behenna case.

The entire Oklahoma congressional delegation signed a letter for clemency on his behalf.

Recent radiocast from Tulsa radio morning program by host Pat Campbell

The Leaf Chronicle reports:

Military training takes many forms, and it doesn’t always involve guns and explosives, occasionally the weapon of choice is law books and verbal assaults.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces on Wednesday heard the case of an Air Force staff sergeant at Fort Campbell, giving new military lawyers a glimpse of the court in which they will someday argue cases.

Federal Evidence blog  has a nice update on S.448 which is the Senate version of H.R. 985.  Basically, although termed the “Free Flow of Information Act,” it is the reporters privilege rule that has been circulating for some time now.  Actual status?  According to the bloggers:

Whether the Senate Judiciary Committee adopts the revision to S. 448 or not, the prospect for a quick passage of a media shield law would pose a challenge. At the present time Congressional leaders are suggesting that the session would not extend long past November. Even if a revised S. 448 was passed by the Committee and received passage on the floor, it would still have to be reconciled with the House version of the measure, which departs from many of the standards set out in the revision to S. 448.

United States v. Garcia.  This case deals with the ongoing perplexing issue in Coast Guard (and Air Force) cases where recorded Article 32’s are not done and where the defense is prohibited from making their own recording.  A secondary issue was a removal of defense counsel without the client’s consent.

CGCCA found no constitutional violation in denying the defense from making a recording.  However, and here’s the lesson:

This is not to say that the convening authority did not abuse his discretion in denying the defense request to be permitted to tape-record the proceedings and provide tapes to the government. We do not reach that question.

Stars & Stripes reports:

A Navy doctor faces 24 counts of wrongful sexual contact and is accused of assaulting at least 15 patients he treated in Japan and Kuwait since 2007.

The Arizona Star net reports:

Air Force personnel "scattered like cockroaches" when deputies were called to a rowdy house party on Tucson’s south side that left one airman dead and another accused of his murder, a military jury heard Tuesday.

Military.com reports:

Prosecutors brought felony charges Monday against an Army reservist who allegedly stalked Ryan Seacrest, including showing up at the "American Idol" host’s studio and attacking one of his bodyguards.

Uzomah is a sergeant in the U.S. Army Reserve and serves as a combat medic[.]

Navy Times reports:

A senior Coast Guard official was charged Tuesday with multiple offenses, including sodomy, indecent acts and conduct unbecoming of an officer and gentleman.

Newsminer.com reports:

He is accused of sexual improprieties involving multiple women – some identified as enlisted Coast Guard personnel – in numerous locations around Alaska and the Lower 48. The alleged offenses also include fraud, adultery, indecent language and soliciting another to commit an offense. The allegations cover a period between November 2004 and shortly before Hamilton was relieved of his duties as the Coast Guard’s commander for the Anchorage sector in May.

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Alaska 2KTUU.com reports:

Hamilton was charged with six specifications of failure to obey a lawful general order; two specifications of false official statements; two specifications of indecent acts; three specifications of sodomy; one specification of fraud against the United States; eight specifications of conduct unbecoming an officer and gentleman; two specifications of fraternization; three specifications of adultery; one specification of indecent language; and three specifications of soliciting another to commit an offense[.]

Arizona Star is reporting:

Court-martial proceedings got underway today for a Davis-Monthan airman accused of killing another D-M airman in 2007.