Court-Martial Trial Practice BlogHere are some headline actions around military justice.
GI Cleared of Rape now Fears for Career, Military Times
Amphib CO, XO fired in fraternization case, Navy TImes.
Articles Posted in Up Periscope
Behenna
Below is the text of the sworn affidavit, dated April 21, in which Dr. MacDonell explains how knowledge he obtained while waiting to testify in the case could have changed dramatically its outcome,
in the court-martial of 1Lt Michael Behenna, for murder and other violations of the UCMJ.
McCarty & Fatigante, at BigGovernment blog.
Danger in blogging
Here is a interesting story of caution from Wired.com, and a potential court-martial for blogging in violation of the UCMJ.
But when he called President Obama a liar on his blog, and started using the site to go after his local school board, Grisham “found himself the target of an inspector general investigation and a threatened general letter of reprimand. Now his command is exploring formal charges against him,” Military Times reports.
Military Times reports:
Hanky panky between ranky’s
That’s how Tom Ricks characterizes the recent actions when the Navy relieved the CO, CMC, and transferred the XO of USS JAMES WILLIAMS (DDG 95). No court-martials of the leadership are 
anticipated. However, as Kate Wiltrout’s article points out, there have been quite a few disciplinary actions. The number of enlisted khaki involved seems quite extraordinary for the size of this ship’s crew.
Here is Kate Wiltrout’s article in The PilotOnline.
The commanding officer and highest-ranking enlisted sailor aboard the Norfolk-based destroyer James E. Williams were removed Friday in the wake of a fraternization scandal that erupted on a recent deployment.
Military Tattoo
No, this isn’t an advert for the Edinburgh Military Tattoo, or any other. It’s a reminder that
Air Force officials reinforce tattoo, body alteration policy.
Air Force Instruction 36-2903, Dress and Personal Appearance, states "Excessive tattoos and brands will not be exposed or visible while in uniform." Excessive is defined as any tattoo/brands exceeding one-quarter of the exposed body part and those above the collarbone when wearing an open collar uniform. The AFI also outlines the current provisions and prohibitions to include standards governing piercings and body alterations.
Former Gitmo prosecutor released from CRS employment
Washington Post reports that Col Morris Davis will be released at the end of his probationary period with Congressional Research Service because of recent media pieces.
In the Nov. 10 Journal article, Davis wrote that Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.’s decision to use both federal court and military commissions to try detainees was "a mistake."
"It will establish a dangerous legal double standard that gives some detainees superior rights and protections, and relegates others to the inferior rights and protections of military commissions," Davis wrote.
Flawed sex assault program
A DoD report is critical of progress regarding sexual assault in the military. Overall the report seems a fair response. This part however is troubling:
Included in the task force’s 30 primary recommendations are a number of actions for helping victims of sexual assault, such as a suggestion that legislation be enacted requiring the Uniform Code of Military Justice to include a comprehensive provision on privileged communications between victims of sexual assault and victim’s advocates.
The task force interviewed service members who reported being re-victimized when their previous statements to medical personnel and victim’s advocates were used to cross-examine them in courts-martial.
It was love
Naplesnews.com reports that:
The trial counsel in United States v. Piotrowski, ARMY 20010721, 2006 CCA LEXIS 487 (A. Ct. Crim. App. January 31, 2006) pet. denied 64 M.J. 430 (C.A.A.F. 2007).
He smashes into a car, killing a 24-year-old woman who is pregnant with her first child.
President and executions
FindlawBlotter has this piece:
Obama, the Death Penalty and Military Executions
Navy, Air Force, and now the Army
Stars & Stripes reports:
Under the Enlisted Involuntary Early Separation Program, soldiers who have fewer than 180 days left on their enlistment will be given a choice when their units deploy: They will be offered incentives to complete the deployment or be involuntarily separated up to 90 days prior to the end of their enlistment, according to an Army message.
Military.com reports: