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Senior Guardsman to be court-martialed for malfeasance in office?

A top official in the Massachusetts National Guard faces possible removal by court-martial after state and federal investigations uncovered a range of alleged improprieties, including misusing federal money, hiring a convicted felon to do legal work, and threatening a whistleblower. Yesterday, Murray received a hand-delivered letter accusing him of “waste,…

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Major Hasan update pretrial confinement conditions.

Hasan is paralyzed from the chest down and bedridden in a military hospital in San Antonio, says Galligan. He says the U.S. Army command has imposed rules that allow for a closed-circuit television camera in Hasan’s room for Hasan’s and others’ safety; bar visits from anyone except Hasan’s family members…

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Major Hasan update – is this wise

Belton, Texas, solo John Galligan, who represents Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, says he has added a close relative of Hasan’s from out of state to the defense team as of Tuesday. Hasan, the Army psychiatrist who allegedly went on a shooting spree at Fort Hood on Nov. 5, is facing…

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Eyewitness identification at court-martial

Eyewitness Identifications and State Courts as Guardians Against Wrongful Conviction Sandra Guerra Thompson University of Houston Law Center Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law, Forthcoming University of Houston Law Center No. 2010-A-1 Abstract: Despite a growing awareness that mistaken eyewitness identifications contribute significantly to wrongful convictions, most courts continue to…

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Ellsworth 32 status.

An airman shot during a disagreement with a fellow airman appeared indecisive about what actually happened in a Rapid City apartment last September. Piland recalled fighting with Santana and holding him in a choke hold, but did not remember statements he made to civilian investigators. He also had no recollection…

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New prisoner abuse investigation

The U.S. military has begun investigating allegations that two Afghan teenagers were beaten and humiliated by guards while in American custody last year at a secret detention center at Bagram Air Base, according to U.S. and Afghan officials. The Washington Post reports.  It appears an AR15-6 investigation is ongoing.  Too…

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Major Hasan news today

An unarmed man tried to visit the army psychiatrist charged in a deadly shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas on Wednesday by posing as his lawyer, officials said. When that ruse didn’t work, the man told hospital security that he was Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan’s doctor. Reports Military.com. Counterterrorism blog…

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