Court-Martial Trial Practice BlogNavy Times reports that: The former executive officer of a Mayport, Fla.-based cruiser is being court-martialed for alleged sexual assault, assault and sexual harassment, a Navy spokesman said Friday. AP reports that SPC Wagnon, one of the Stryker Brigade accuseds is being released from pretrial confinement. The Republic reports that: LTC Lakin’s findings and sentence […]
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Dayton Daily News reports: William C. Gurney, former top enlisted man at the Air Force Materiel Command headquarters at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, was sentenced at his court-martial on Friday to 20 months in military prison. Air Force Times reports: The Air Force Academy is investigating about 25 cadets for allegedly using the illegal marijuana […]
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WHIO reports: A 27-year Air Force veteran has pleaded guilty to 13 counts of sexual misconduct in his court martial at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois. Chief Master Sergeant William Gurney still faces trial on 5 other counts against him. NY Daily News reports: Army leaders are weighing a new probe after the Daily […]
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Navy Times reports: A cruiser skipper who was fired for cruelty and mistreatment of her crew will go before a Navy board of inquiry Tuesday that will recommend whether she can continue her Navy service. A Behanna update by Army Times: The Army Clemency and Parole Board in Arlington, Va., will review First Lt. Michael […]
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Dayton Daily News reports that: The Air Force has moved a step closer to deciding whether to court-martial the Air Force Materiel Command’s former top enlisted man on charges he sexually harassed airmen, misused his authority, and tried to persuade others to assign those women to his area. The investigating officer who heard three days […]
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Military.com reports that: A Navy doctor pleaded guilty to two counts of wrongful sexual contact and two counts of conduct unbecoming an officer, in exchange for dropping 29 other counts of criminal allegations at a Yokosuka Naval Base court-martial Wednesday. Grant Okubo/Stars & Stripes Under the terms of a pretrial plea agreement, Lt. Cmdr. Anthony […]
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Army Times reports that: An Army captain from Colorado charged with killing two Iraqi civilians has been convicted of lesser charges in Iraq. Military officials say Capt. Carl Bjork was found guilty of reckless endangerment and negligent homicide in a general court-martial on Tuesday. He was reprimanded and will lose a third of his salary […]
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Here is a piece about guilty pleas in military death penalty cases from FDL. The New York Times is reporting that the Obama Administration is considering changing the law to permit prisoners at Gitmo to plead guilty to death penalty cases without need for a trial. This is apparently a reaction to the stated desires […]