Three firms to compete for Army forensic task orders. A lot can be said about the services provided by USACIL. Regardless of how you view USACIL, they do not have the same kind of problems many state criminal labs do – the kind of problems identified recently in the Nat.…
Monday will have the first oral argument of this term in a case relating to criminal law and procedure. Here’s the reminder from the LawProfBlog. Monday, Oct. 5 Maryland v. Shatzer: limits on police questioning after a suspect asks for a lawyer ScotusWiki summary Testing the Outer Limits of the…
The Chicago Tribune has this short piece. Ex-soldier in Iraq slaying sent to Ind. prison, by BRETT BARROUQUERE Associated Press Writer, 2 October 2009. LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A former U.S. soldier sentenced to five consecutive life sentences for the rape and murder of an Iraqi teenager and the shotgun slaying…
Courthouse News Service is reporting the following: A former Marine who allegedly used a government computer to access child pornography can’t be deported based on his conviction by special court-martial of violating military code, the 9th Circuit ruled. Honduran native Rigoberto Aguilar-Turcios was admitted to the United States as a…
This is the headline of an article in the Mideast edition, Stars & Stripes, Thursday, October 1, 2009 The commander of U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan has ordered a new investigation into a 2008 firefight that claimed the lives of nine American soldiers and led to allegations of negligence…
Family of sailor slain in Newport News seeks court-martial, The Associated Press, October 1, 2009 NEWPORT NEWS The family of a sailor slain in Newport News is pressing the Navy to court-martial and dishonorably discharge the fellow sailor convicted of killing her. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., has already weighed in,…
Court-martial witness says Brown choked soldier who pursued him, by John Ramsey Staff writer with Fayetteville Observer.com. Minutes after Pfc. Luke Brown scurried under a fence into the woods, he started choking the first soldier who went in after him. Sgt. Christopher Mignocchi, the first witness called by prosecutors in…
Fallujah defendant admits killing, pleads guilty to dereliction of duty Sgt. Jermaine Nelson will not get any jail time and could get honorable discharge, attorney says. (Note: this comment is a potential problem. In the military system, the judge is not supposed to know the terms of the agreement until…
Accused brawl soldiers seek US justice By Cathy Harper, ABC News, September 29, 2009 12:25:00 Police say the brawl involved at least 35 people, and was watched by 300 others. (Reuters: Stephen Hird) Two US soldiers have appeared in the Darwin Magistrates Court on charges relating to a brawl on…