The Seattle Times reports the pending court-martial case: Spc. Jeremy Morlock, a 22-year-old Army soldier from Wasilla, Alaska, will face charges in connection with the murders of three Afghan civilians and other crimes at a hearing scheduled Monday at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. And here’s a Foreign Policy note.
Continue reading ›Here’s a link to the USA Today piece. Federal prosecutors are supposed to seek justice, not merely score convictions. But a USA TODAY investigation found that prosecutors repeatedly have violated that duty in courtrooms across the nation. The abuses have put innocent people in prison, set guilty people free and cost taxpayers millions of dollars…
Continue reading ›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…
Continue reading ›The LA Times is reporting that Quintanilla was sentenced to life today.
Continue reading ›I posted several pieces about the Navy and relief’s for cause in the last few weeks – here. Well here at two more: another Norfolk CO, and another Bangor bubblehead.
Continue reading ›Courtesy of FourthAmendment.com here is a good case to know about. Defendant and his wife got into a domestic dispute, and she called the police to tell them about his illegal firearms. They came to the scene and she consented to the search. He was there and vociferously objected. The police searched anyway. The search…
Continue reading ›Marine Corps Times reports: A Marine Corps attorney says his vigorous defense of a terrorism suspect held at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp delayed his promotion by three years. Now he is taking the Navy to court alleging that he was punished for doing his job. Go Dan!
Continue reading ›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…
Continue reading ›We regularly get reports from clients and their families about being harassed by NCIS, CID, CGIS, OSI. In general what the client is reacting to is the law enforcement fishing expedition. During a law enforcement fishing expedition. This law enforcement fishing expedition is where they go around to friends and neighbors telling them what a…
Continue reading ›There has been some reporting that the number of Detached for Cause (DFC, Relief for Cause) in the Navy are up this year over past years. Here are some more. Actually I almost missed one. I had this ready to post last night and didn’t so today I was able to read: A Navy Times…
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