This is the headline of an article by John Ramsey in the Fayetteville Observer, 28 September 2009. There are plenty of other articles coming out because of the interest in the case.
An Army sergeant charged with involuntary manslaughter asked this morning for a jury made up of one-third enlisted soldiers.
Sgt. Justin A. Boyle is one of seven soldiers accused of accidentally killing Pfc. Luke Brown last summer after he ran wildly into the woods behind the Ugly Stick Saloon.
MANILA, Philippines — Master Chief Petty Officer John W. Bench Jr. appeared to be a model sailor on the rise, headed for a new assignment carrying greater status and expanded responsibilities.
But on Aug. 30, just a week before he was to become command master chief of the U.S. Navy’s Command Task Force 76, Bench killed his son, bludgeoned his wife with a baseball bat and injured his daughter in their home on Sasebo Naval Base, Japan.
Then Bench fled on his motorcycle and veered into a bus on an expressway. He stood up and was struck and killed by an oncoming car.
Sun Sep 27, 2009, by John Ramsey, Staff writer, The Fayetteville Observer.
Sgt. Justin A. Boyle recognized the men who showed up at the Ugly Stick Saloon in July 2008.
Like the men Boyle had accompanied to the bar, they were part of his intelligence unit in the 82nd Airborne Division.
The Army grants the officer’s resignation under "other than honorable conditions"
By Gregg K. Kakesako, Honolulu Star Bulletin, Sep 26, 2009
First Lt. Ehren Watada, the first commissioned military officer to refuse deployment to Iraq because he believed it was an illegal war, has won his three-year legal battle with the Army.
Army to allow Iraq war objector to resign
By AUDREY McAVOY (AP) – 5 hours ago
HONOLULU — The Army is allowing the first commissioned officer to be court-martialed for refusing to go to Iraq to resign from the service, his attorney said late Friday.
That’s the title of the article in Shore News Today, by Claire Lowe. Previous posts about the case are here and here.
Ms. Lowe’s article is a little more rich in detail of what appears to have happened that lead up to the court-martial.
YOKOSUKA, Japan – The Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) Far East field office has started a public information campaign to get the word out about rewards for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a person who commits or conspires to commit espionage. The rewards can run as high as $500,000.
In light of this incident – –
RALEIGH, N.C. – Two North Carolina terrorism suspects plotted to kill U.S. military personnel and one of them obtained maps of a Marine Corps base in Virginia to plan an attack, prosecutors said Thursday.
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. Three other service members have taken plea deals.
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 footage ‘persuades half of people to wrongly accuse others of crime’
Fake video footage can persuade almost half of viewers to accuse people of crimes they have not committed, new research suggests. The study, by Warwick University, found that almost 50 per cent of people shown false footage of an event they witnessed first hand were prepared to believe the video version rather than what they actually saw.
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.
An Arizona couple had to regain custody of their children after Wal-Mart employees and local authorities deemed their bath time photos child pornography. Their horror story has many wondering: what exactly constitutes child pornography?
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