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Takepart notes: Of course, Robinson didn’t begin his fight for equal rights overnight. While enlisted, Robinson was court-martialed for refusing to sit at the back of the bus — eleven years before Rosa Parks. Faced with multiple offenses, including public drunkenness (even though Robinson did not drink), the UCLA standout was acquitted of all charges…

Here is an upublished opinion in the Court of Appeals, First Circuit, State of Louisana, in State v. Davis. Note, this case was a court-martial tried under the Louisiana Code of Military Justice (a National Guard case). La. R.S. 29:101-242, applies to all members of the state military forces when not subject to the Uniform…

Here is a link to the military judge’s sentencing statement in the case of Canadian Captain Semrau. Obviously it is notable because the practice is for the judge to provide a reasons for sentencing, but secondly is the reliance on United States v. Maynulet and United States v. Horne (LEXIS doesn’t show a “Horne” case,…

Thanks to Raymond Ward’s the (new) legal writer here is an article about brief (motions?) writing. Prof. Ken Chestek of the Indiana University School of Law recently conducted a study, trying to determine empirically whether a brief with an element of storytelling is more persuasive or less persuasive than a purely logical, law-driven brief. He…

is the title of a pretty good song. Huffington Post uses this theme as part of a commentary on tensions created by having a lot of civilian contractors deployed. There are some interesting (unattributed) quotes from some JA’s who have been there, done that.

Guenal Mettraux, A Little Known Case from the American Civil War: The War Crimes Trial of Major General John H. Gee, 8 J. Int. Crim. Justice, 1059. Major John Henry Gee was the commandant of the Confederate prison at Salisbury, North Carolina from 1864 until 1865. During his tenure, thousands of Union prisoners of war…

Melanie O’Brien’s thesis for her PhD at Nottingham Univ. is online. National & International Criminal Jurisdiction Over United Nations Peacekeeping Personnel for Gender-Based Crimes Against Women. This thesis seeks to determine the most effective jurisdiction for criminal accountability for UN peacekeeping personnel who engage in sexual exploitation and abuse of women, and other conduct amounting…

is the title of a pretty good song. Huffington Post uses this theme as part of a commentary on tensions created by having a lot of civilian contractors deployed. There are some interesting (unattributed) quotes from some JA’s who have been there, done that.

The August Army Lawyer is online. My initial look found this one article of potential interest to MJWonks. Warrior King: The Triumph and Betrayal of an American Commander in Iraq, by LTC Nathan Sassaman. Retired Lieutenant Colonel Nathan Sassaman believes in winning.3 He won as West Point’s quarterback, and he preached the virtue of rising…

The Chronicle reports: Barbara (Obremski) Allen, widow of Chester native First Lt. Louis Allen, will host a book-signing of her new release “Front Toward Enemy” On Saturday, Oct. 23 from 3-6 p.m., at John S. Burke Catholic High School in Goshen. When Lt. Allen was murdered in Iraq in 2005 he left behind Barbara and…