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[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g63EE1Y2e8] On 29 August 2014, the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense issue a report, Evaluation of DoD Compliance with the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act. In connection with the U.S. sex offender registry’s, there is now quite a robust amount of research that seems to label the idea as ineffective. The worst…

Global Miliary Justice Reform blog brings us news of action in Europe in regard to a U.S. deserter seeking refugee status in Germany – he was avoiding deployment to the AOR. On 1 January 1977, President Carter pardoned a large number of civilians who had gone to Canada to avoid the draft. The pardon did…

I was at a conference this weekend on global issues of military justice. Again this lingering issue of transparency came up. My friend and colleague Gene Fidell at Global Military Justice Reform, has found a couple of gems. You can find information about the internal workings of the Army trial judiciary at this link, or…

For some time now each of the Services have been undergoing a draw-down. Naturally, you would think that they would cut those with significant misconduct or performance issues, and that there should be any number who would fit into that category. Here is an interesting piece about some of the reasons most Army majors have…

No this is not a comment on T. Scott McLeod’s book. Nor is it a comment on how to make providence work in your favor, although by the results it could be. Oh, sorry. Ya gotta read United States v. Stout, decided by ACCA on 25 July 2014. The accused plead guilty to abusive sexual…

On a historical note – – – On 20 May 2014, the DOD released a copy of “Final report and recommendations from Defense Department (DoD) Good Order & Discipline Panel, 1997-1998.” Of the many places on the web to find information, governmentattic.org posts its DOD related FOIA releases here.

Do I have a felony is a frequent question to which the answer is – maybe. Of course the questioner is interested in the collateral effect of a special or general court-martial conviction. This becomes particularly important if you continue to commit crimes after release from the brig and the military. Are courts-martial courts under…

Did he go AWOL? In June 2012, Michael Hastings (of GEN McCrystal “fame”) appears to have made that suggestion in a lengthy piece published by Rolling Stone. The mother and father sit at the kitchen table in their Idaho farmhouse, watching their son on YouTube plead for his life. The Taliban captured 26-year-old Bowe Bergdahl…

Real and to be expected-a natural consequence of how Congress and perhaps leadership is approaching the real and very important issue of preventing sexual assault? Military.com reports, In Survey, Lackland DIs Rip Leaders, Fear Recruits, 29 May 2014. A survey of basic-training instructors conducted during the worst sex scandal in Air Force history revealed a…

What are the full limits of confrontation when it comes to scientific and expert testimony. Federal evidence blog notes: In denying certiorari review (this week0 in eleven cases raising Confrontation Clause and expert testimony issues, for the foreseeable future the Supreme Court will not resolve a significant issue that has been dividing the lower court;…