Court-Martial Trial Practice

Here is a link to the Report of the Second Cox Commission, published today.

Here is another article about Breaker Morant, by John Silvester in the Age. Rest in Peace? According to the article, the photo in my previous post on this is of Morant “moments before he was executed,” on 27 February 1902.

Not completely off point, and it is Sunday. I certainly remember a number of NJS and other military law related CLE’s using the movie Breaker Morant to discuss aspects of military law and justice. So here is an article in the Sydney Morning Herald by an Australian military lawyer who argues that Morant and his…

The full congressional delegation of two senators and five representatives have petitioned the Army Clemency & Parole Board on behalf of 1Lt Behnna. tip to Rob Gifford for fowarding articles from the NewsOK, and The Edmond Sun.

Army Major Daniel A. Woolverton, appeared in court at the Eastern District of Virginia today. He was charged with production and distribution of child pornography. The report talks of peer-to-peer software, likely something such as Limewire. Oh, and apparently he’s a judge advocate, according to Army Times. The Washington Examiner has this little interesting point:…

A Marine reservist accused of removing secret documents at Camp Pendleton and sharing them with civilian law enforcement officials goes to trial today A Fort Rucker soldier has been in a shaken baby case.

The USNA grad plead guilty to stealing from teammate lockers, using credit cards, and obstruction of justice. He was sentenced to a dismissal, one year confinement, and TF.

The DoD Joint Service Committee on Military Justice (JSC) will hold a public meeting on new proposals. The notice of the meeting and the proposals can be found at 74 Fed. Reg. 47785. For those not attending the meeting comments can be submitted in writing /NIMJ.

United States: Adventist, Non-Combatant, Sentenced to Jail by U.S. Marine Corps Court-Martial A United States Marine Corps court-martial has sentenced a Marine, who came to a belief in non-combatancy shortly after signing a two-year re-enlistment, to seven months in jail, rather than separating him from the military. Observers say this is a highly unusual outcome…

Supreme Court. On Tuesday, October 13, the Court will hear arguments in No. 08-651, Padilla v. Commonwealth of Kentucky. At issue in the case is whether a criminal defendant’s guilty plea can be set aside because his defense counsel affirmatively misadvised him with regard to the deportation consequences of the plea, and whether such misadvice…