I just commented on two incidents involving suspicious actions by soldiers; one at Fort Campbell and one near Fort Leonard Wood. Army Times now reports: A box of hollow-point bullets and an anonymous note threatening an incident like the one at Fort Hood, Texas, were discovered Thursday at Fort Benning,…
Army Times reports that Major Hasan has had or is about to have a pretrial confinement hearing at Fort Hood. A hearing is required within certain time periods under R.C.M. 305. R.C.M. 305 is a regulation in the manual for courts-martial that implements due process for someone detained for a…
As CAAFLog has pointed out, it appears that Major Hasan will be tried by media. Someone at the National Capital Consortium, Psychiatry Residency Program, Walter Reed Army Medical Center has released a letter to the Credentials Committee. No word on the WRAMC AR 15-6 into this unauthorized disclosure. One of…
FindlawBlotter has this piece: Obama, the Death Penalty and Military Executions
Military.com reports: Arizona sheriff’s deputies busted three men identifying themselves as Army Soldiers with almost 700 pounds of marijuana and $10,000 in cash during a two-day sweep for human smugglers.
Stars & Stripes reports: Under the Enlisted Involuntary Early Separation Program, soldiers who have fewer than 180 days left on their enlistment will be given a choice when their units deploy: They will be offered incentives to complete the deployment or be involuntarily separated up to 90 days prior to…
North County Times reports: Four members of a Camp Pendleton squad convicted of taking part in the kidnapping and murder of an Iraqi civilian in 2006 have been ordered by the Secretary of the Navy to be removed from the military. Secretary Ray Mabus also directed the Marine Corps to…
DallasNews.com reports: Fontana’s attorneys argued Tuesday that the patients were gravely ill and their life-expectancy was impossible to predict. They also blamed vague doctors’ orders, poor hospital protocol and sloppy record-keeping in the intensive care unit for the deaths. I think what they mean is that in the court-martial opening…
NMCCA has issued six new decisions, of which four are merits. United States v. Maharrey, post-trial delay case. United States v. Thornton. Appellant raises ineffective assistance of counsel (IAC) and sufficiency of the evidence. The findings and sentence are set-aside based on the IAC. The IAC relates to several issues: …
Military.com reports: Fort Hood massacre suspect Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan sought to have some of his patients prosecuted for war crimes based on statements they made during psychiatric sessions with him, a captain who served on the base said Monday. (emphasis added) Other psychiatrists complained to superiors that Hasan’s actions…