Pretty easy right? You do, you don’t. Ohio Sex Battery Not A ‘Crime of Violence’? Professor Jonathan Adler over at the Volokh Conspiracy has a post discussing the Sixth Circuit’s decision in United States v. Wynn, where a divided panel found that a defendant’s guilty plea to “sexual battery” under…
Court-Martial Trial Practice Blog
Brown court-martial to begin Monday
Is a staff report filed Thu Sep 24, 2009, on FayObserver.com The general court-martial for one of seven paratroopers accused of accidentally killing a fellow soldier is slated to begin Monday. Sgt. Justin A. Boyle is the first service member to be tried in the death of Pfc. Luke Brown.…
USAF Demands Italy Lay Off Colonel in CIA Milan Caper
That’s the title of an article by Jeff Stein | September 23, 2009, on CQPolitics.com An Air Force lawyer has told Italy to lay off Col. Joseph L. Romano III, an officer caught up in a CIA counterterrorism kidnapping case. Romano is one of 26 Americans being tried in absentia…
AP-LS news
The American Psychology-Law Society is a divsion of the American Psychological Association. They have some very good timely research in their magazine, and they try to keep track of relevant news. Here are a couple of interesting items on their web-site. Here are a couple of examples. 1. Fake video…
Child pornography is?
This “issue” or question would be addressed to all of those parents across the country who like to take pictures of their young children. The answer could be that maybe you shouldn’t. 1. Bath Photos & Wal-Mart: What is Child Pornography? By Caleb Groos on September 22, 2009, on FindLawBlotter.…
Training Center Holding Special Court Martial
Is the title of an article in the Cape May County Herald, by Jack Fichter CAPE MAY- A special court martial was scheduled for Tuesday Sept. 22 for Petty Officer Francisco Thompson who is charged with violating 14 punitive Articles of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. The hearing was…
JAA/CAAF Advocacy Seminar
Courtesy of CAAFLog the agenda is online. You can register and pay your $50.00 online here at the JAA website. Unfortunately they have not yet posted specifics of the location of the Symposium at GMU Law.
NMCCA RSS feed.
NMCCA now has an RSS feed capability on their Opinions page. This allows you to set up in your browser, or if you wish to receive the feed in your Outlook. The benefit to your Outlook is that you get fairly quick notice of a new posting without having to…
Philly Judge Orders Taming of the Lawyers
That is the title of an article by Ashby Jones, on the Wall St. Journal Law Blog, pour encourager les autres. And do as adversaries do in law, Strive mightily but eat and drink as friends. — From William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew We wonder, after reading this…
Trust game leaves 1 dead, 3 in jail
Is the title of an article by Trista Talton – Staff writer, Marine Corps Times. Posted : Monday Sep 21, 2009 6:26:12 EDT It was supposed to be a game. But now Nelson, 25, will spend the next eight years in prison for killing Malone with an accidental gunshot to…