American Chronicle reports that Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) has proposed legislation called the Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act.
Here is the link to H.R. 1315.
Here is a link to the congressman's Guantanamo Detainees Procedures Act of 2005.
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current rate.
Melanie D. Wilson, Finding a Happy and Ethical Medium Between a Prosecutor Who Believes the Defendant Didn't Do It and the Boss Who Says That He Did, 103 Nw. U. L. Rev. Colloquy 65 (2008).
The trial counsel (prosecutor)[n.1] works for the SJA, the SJA works for and advises the convening authority, the convening authority decides what cases go to trial and how they might be desposed of. I'd like to see the trial counsel try this recommendation.
Here's a link
to attorney Bridget Wilson's article on the model state code of military justice
for the National Guard, that is available on NIMJ's website.
BRIDGET J. WILSON, MODEL STATE CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE FOR THE NATIONAL GUARD NOT IN FEDERAL SERVICE, Justice for the Military's Minotaurs 6/6/2007.
In 2003, Congress directed the Secretary of Defense to produce a Model State Code of Military Justice. This Code is intended to be adopted by all of the states for use when dealing with misconduct by personnel in Title 32 status. The idea is to try and have a "uniform" state code rather than 50+ differing codes (Guam and Puerto Rico provide National Guard units).
either the federal government or the state to which their National
In addition to action under MEJA involving contractors in Iraq, a civilian spouse in Okinawa is headed for a U.S. District Court trial for the death of his stepson on Okinawa.
David Allen, Accused stepdad awaits transfer, Stars &Stripes, 6 March 2009.
In writing a piece this weekend I came across this excellent article by Pat Grant on Extraordinary Relief, it's worth reading and filing in your trial notebook.
Captain Patrick B. Grant, ARTICLE: Extraordinary Relief: A Primer for Trial Practitioners, 2008 Army Law. 30 (November, 2008).
Fifth Amendment Privilege was not violated by compelling the
defendant to provide an unencrypted version of his laptop drive
containing suspected child pornography to the government, in In re Boucher, (D.Vt. Feb. 19, 2009) (No. 2:06-mj-91) (2009 WL 424718) (unpublished) (“Boucher II“)
Prof. Colin Miller has posted on how to and who may authenticate a persons voice, Follow My Voice: Seventh Circuit Finds That Voice Authentication Doesn't Need To Be Done By An Expert.
The February Army Lawyer is on-line. There are four articles of interest to military practitioner's.
| 2008 New Developments in Self-Incrimination | |
| New Developments in Sixth Amendment Confrontation and Jurisdiction | |
| Building a Better Mousetrap or Just a More Convoluted One?:A Look at Three Major Developments in Substantive Criminal Law | |
| “Planning is Everything” Purpose Driven Trial Preparation |
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