Articles Posted in court-martial

In the world of military justice it’s the small things that seem most encouraging at times.  So . . .  In my standard Article 32, UCMJ, production request (based on R.C.M. 405(f)(9)(10) primarily) or trial discovery demand one of the provisions is this: 3.  Declination to Produce or Disclose.    …

Air Force (and the other) Times reports: The unemployment rate for veterans rose slightly in June, to 8 percent overall and 11.5 percent for Iraq and Afghanistan-era veterans, a sign that expanding programs aimed at helping veterans find work are not working in a stagnant job market. June employment statistics…

Coast Guard News reports: Criminal charges ranging from involuntary manslaughter to dereliction of duty have been preferred by the Coast Guard against four boat crewmembers from Coast Guard Station San Diego in connection with a fatal collision between one of the station’s patrol boats and a civilian vessel in San…

Navy Times reports that: The former cruiser skipper who was relieved of command in January after years of “cruelty and maltreatment” toward her crew will be required to show a Navy board why she should continue her career, a Navy spokesman said Thursday. Capt. Holly Graf, who was fired as…

Mountain Home News reports that: The stepfather of the five-year-old child who accidentally shot and seriously wounded a Mountain Home high school student in February was convicted of reckless endangerment during a court-martial June 22[,] and sentenced to six month’s confinement and ordered to forfeit $500 pay per month for…

I’m not a fan of the Center for Military Readiness.  But I have to acknowledge they at least raised a very important point about military sexual assault cases. Read the various articles I’ve posted about confirmatory bias in connection with this piece from CMR about Sex, Lies & Rape.  Although…

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…

CAAF has decided:  United States v. Contreras, No. 09-0754/AF We granted review of the following issue: WHETHER THE HOUSEBREAKING CHARGE SHOULD BE SET ASIDE BECAUSE THE UNDERLYING CRIMINAL OFFENSE, INDECENT ACTS WITH ANOTHER UNDER ARTICLE 134, UCMJ, IS A PURELY MILITARY OFFENSE. As detailed below, we conclude that indecent acts…

Navy Times reports: The AP A sprawling financial scandal at the Naval Academy — involving extravagant parties and a “slush fund” — was an embarrassment that helped lead to an early exit for the school’s superintendent, Navy Times has learned. Vice Adm. Jeffrey Fowler faced “administrative action” in April as…