Court-Martial Trial Practice

This is the name given to statistical errors that can arise when deciding the probability that a DNA sample is that of the accused. This is potentially more meaningful than usual to Troy Brown who was convicted of sexual assault and attempted murder. He has a twin brother. This transposition of the conditional probability can…

The Army grants the officer’s resignation under “other than honorable conditions“ By Gregg K. Kakesako, Honolulu Star Bulletin, Sep 26, 2009 First Lt. Ehren Watada, the first commissioned military officer to refuse deployment to Iraq because he believed it was an illegal war, has won his three-year legal battle with the Army. With little fanfare…

Army to allow Iraq war objector to resign By AUDREY McAVOY (AP) – 5 hours ago HONOLULU — The Army is allowing the first commissioned officer to be court-martialed for refusing to go to Iraq to resign from the service, his attorney said late Friday. First Lt. Ehren Watada will be granted a discharge Oct.…

That’s the title of the article in Shore News Today, by Claire Lowe. Previous posts about the case are here and here. Ms. Lowe’s article is a little more rich in detail of what appears to have happened that lead up to the court-martial.

The title of a post on Military.com, September 23, 2009, by Ben Avey YOKOSUKA, Japan – The Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) Far East field office has started a public information campaign to get the word out about rewards for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a person who commits or conspires to…

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This is the title of a comment on Cory Yung’s Sex Crimes blog. SCOTUSblog’s recent Petitions to Watch post, which lists cases that might be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court, includes a case raising constitutional issues with SORNA. The case, which we previously blogged about, is from the Seventh Circuit with an opinion by…

Pretty easy right? You do, you don’t. Ohio Sex Battery Not A ‘Crime of Violence’? Professor Jonathan Adler over at the Volokh Conspiracy has a post discussing the Sixth Circuit’s decision in United States v. Wynn, where a divided panel found that a defendant’s guilty plea to “sexual battery” under Ohio law was a not…

Is a staff report filed Thu Sep 24, 2009, on FayObserver.com The general court-martial for one of seven paratroopers accused of accidentally killing a fellow soldier is slated to begin Monday. Sgt. Justin A. Boyle is the first service member to be tried in the death of Pfc. Luke Brown. Three other service members have…

That’s the title of an article by Jeff Stein | September 23, 2009, on CQPolitics.com An Air Force lawyer has told Italy to lay off Col. Joseph L. Romano III, an officer caught up in a CIA counterterrorism kidnapping case. Romano is one of 26 Americans being tried in absentia by Italy on kidnapping charges…