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There has been some attention to sex and labor trafficking in the military, witness the issue of prostitution. 

Trafficking in Sex and Labor: Domestic and International Responses

Presented by The University of Pennsylvania Law Review

Local soldier gets 36 months in military prison, by Tim Olmeda, Nueces County Record Star, Friday, October 9, 2009.

A Robstown soldier was sentenced to 36 months in a military prison after pleading guilty to various charges that included failure to report to duty and impersonating a commissioned officer.

Pfc. James Gonzalez pled guilty at an October 2 general court martial held at Fort Hood in San Antonio for his disappearance July 11 that the soldier’s family initially claimed was the result of a kidnapping.

The soldier’s brother, Jose Cruz Gonzalez, told authorities that a ransom call was made to his mother’s home demanding $100,000 cash and the removal of all U.S. troops from the U.S./Mexico border.

That’s the headline in the Capital Flyer, Andrews AFB.

In September 2009, a Joint Team Andrews Air Force staff sergeant pled guilty to the wrongful use of marijuana in violation of Article 112a of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Her wrongful use was initially detected during a random urinalysis inspection. A military judge sentenced the staff sergeant to 75 days confinement, reduction to E-1, and a bad conduct discharge.

CAAFLog has pointed to the following article:

Appellate review of military commissions, Thursday, October 08, 2009, Eugene R. Fidell, on Balkinization.

As Mr. Fidell points out, a “terrorist” tried and convicted at Guantanamo in a military commission has more appellate rights than the service-members who may have captured them and the service-members who are guarding them

Argument Recap: Maryland v. Shatzer | courtesy SCOTUSblog.

I had posted the link to the argument transcript, but here is a good summary for those without time to read the full transcript.

That’s the headline of an article on WTOC.com,

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 6:37 PM EST

FT. STEWART, GA (WTOC) – The court martial date for

So reads the article by CARY ASHBY – Norwalk Reflector Staff Writer | Tuesday October 06 2009, 3:55pm

PLYMOUTH – The four soldiers accused of harassing U.S. Army Pvt. Keiffer P. Wilhelm before he committed suicide Aug. 4 will be court-martialed.

SCOTUS heard oral argument in Maryland v. Shatzer on Monday, 5 October 2009.

Issue: Whether Edwards v. Arizona (1981), which bars police from initiating questioning with criminal suspects who have invoked their right to counsel, applies to an interrogation that takes place nearly three years later.

Here is a link to the transcript of that oral argument.

That is the SunNews.com headline with an Associated Press report.

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — A soldier in North Carolina has been given a two-year prison sentence after being convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of a fellow Fort Bragg paratrooper.

The Fayetteville Observer reported that Sgt. Justin A. Boyle also was convicted of conspiracy in the July 2008 death of Pfc. Luke Brown of Fredericksburg, Va., whose family told the jury they have forgiven Boyle and asked that he not be punished.

United States v. Gipson, ARMY 2007 0521 (A. Ct. Crim. App. 28 September 2009).

This case has an unusual [if mundane] procedural history.. . .

Appellant claims on appeal he was prejudiced by the SJA’s failure to serve him with new matters in the addendum, in violation of R.C.M. 1106(f)(7); and this court erred in its Reinert holding that (1) the government’s writ of prohibition was an extraordinary matter, and (2) the military judge did not have authority to grant appellant additional days of confinement.