Allen v. United States Air Force, No. 08-3450 (8th Cir. 7 May 2010). Joseph Allen served in the United States Air Force (Air Force) for more than twenty years, from January 14, 1985, until September 30, 2006, when he voluntarily retired and received an Honorable Discharge. During his service, on…
Blogger Rainier4311 has a piece on LTC Lakin which is critical of Anderson Cooper’s interview. Regardless of the merits of the interview, the piece contains some interesting and uninformed comments on the military legal system. This Article 138 discovery process must be done. LTC Lakin now has the right to…
The American Academy of Forensic Sciences has made some recommendations to Congress for legislation to reform forensic laboratories that obtain federal funds directly or through an organization (such as DoD) that receives federal funding. Preliminary Outline of Draft Forensic Reform Legislation – 5/5/10. Thanks GR. In addition, Innocence Project announces…
The Capital reports that: Standout slotback Marcus Curry, whose off-field behavior drew as much attention as his on-field exploits, has been dismissed from the Naval Academy football team. Curry was charged with an unauthorized absence for failing to be in his dormitory room in Bancroft Hall when required. The Capital…
New York Post reports that: If she can’t have justice for her slain soldier husband, she’d at least like a Purple Heart. New York widow Barbara Allen is battling the National Guard for withholding the military honor from her husband, who was killed in 2005 while serving in Iraq. The…
Obama Conspiracy Theories blog has this comment on the CNN LTC Lakin interview: Paul Jensen, tried to imply things that were false by clever irrelevancies and innuendo, but he told one outright whopper: In the state of Hawaii there’s a statute that allows anyone born outside the state of Hawaii,…
LTC Lakin has made his CNN appearance. Courtesy of Dwight “ML” Sullivan and CAAFLog, here is a link. Like DMLS I found the comment about protecting the client somewhat odd in light of counsel’s apparent involvement in producing the video which has in effect become LTC Lakin’s public confession of…
We’ve spent a lot of time over the last months addressing Crawford issues in the context of forensic reports. Let’s not forget that there are some exceptions to Crawford and confrontation. Professor Colin Miller writes about the co-conspirator “exception” to Crawford. In Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004), the…
LTC Lakin has made his CNN appearance. His supporters are not happy, as this piece at World News Daily indicates. I found a humorous note in the article. The writer points out a typo in the charge sheet. “in support of Operation Enduring Freedom with the 32nd Calvary (sic) Regiment,…
Here is a new article on interrogation tactics. Davis & Leo on the "Sympathetic Detective" Interrogation Strategy Deborah Davis and Richard A. Leo (University of Nevada, Reno and University of San Francisco – School of Law) have posted Selling Confession: Setting the Stage with the ‘Sympathetic Detective with a Time-Limited…