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Eyewitness Identifications and State Courts as Guardians Against Wrongful Conviction Sandra Guerra Thompson University of Houston Law Center Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law, Forthcoming University of Houston Law Center No. 2010-A-1 Abstract: Despite a growing awareness that mistaken eyewitness identifications contribute significantly to wrongful convictions, most courts continue to apply federal due process criteria…

The Fall of a Black Army Officer: Racism & the Myth of Henry O. Flipper, by Charles M. Robinson III, Norman, Ok: University of Oklahoma Press, 2008. In his 1994 book The Court-Martial of Lieutenant Henry Flipper, Robinson, an historian of the frontier army, held to the view that Flipper?s 1881 conviction for embezzlement was…

Two items of interest from the November Army Lawyer for court-martial cases under the UCMJ. Personal Jurisdiction: What Does It Mean for Pay to be “Ready for Delivery ”in Accordance with 10 U.S.C. § 1168(a)? Know Your Ground: The Military Justice Terrain of Afghanistan

I found this piece by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism of passing interest. The lead blog story for a while is the SEAL case and the pending court-martial. I find it surprising in light of the ongoing events regarding Major Hasan at Fort Hood.

The most recent edition of the Air Force Law Review includes seven articles with in-depth analysis of legal issues in the complex cyber domain. Volume 64, the Cyberlaw Edition, is now available for free at http://www.afjag.af.mil/library/ — just click on the “AF Law Review vol. 64 – Cyberlaw Edition” hyperlink. Hard copies can be obtained…

Writing with Conviction: Drafting Effective Stipulations of Fact

I posted earlier about Victor Grossman and his AWOL from the Army and defection. Here is a link to a book review of his autobiography, Victor Grossman (Stephen Wechsler), Crossing the River: A Memoir of the American Left, the Cold War, and Life in East Germany(Amherst and Boston: University of Massachusetts Press, 2003). And NPR’s…

A new Air Force Law Review is online, as well as a new The Reporter. MILITARY CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS AND THE STORED COMMUNICATIONS ACT, by Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Dukes, Jr., USAFR & Lieutenant Colonel Albert C. Rees, Jr., USAFR. AN OPEN LETTER TO DEFENSE COUNSEL: Protecting Yourself Against IAC Claims, by Captain Ryan N. Hoback. THE…

The October 2009 FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin is online. This issue has a very nice list, summary, and LE interpretation of each criminal law related Supreme Court decision from last term.

The Blackwater “incident,” several civilian contactor MEJA cases, have caused concern about the role and ability to control civilian contractors in a war zone. The international community will have the opportunity to take on [] definitional challenges within the next several years. The United Nations Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries as a Means…