The military judge also questioned why experts for the defense continue to have difficulties obtaining payments for work done on Bozicevich’s behalf as attorneys prepare for a February 2011 capital court-martial trial.

The humor is that this is neither a new problem nor a problem limited to the 3ID, or the Army for that matter.

And in a current case the defense expert requests took weeks to get approved. But on the 7th of the month the prosecution request for an expert was submitted and it was approved on the 8th of the month. This is no different than witnesses. For some reason it takes weeks to get defense witnesses approved, but days if not hours for prosecution witnesses.

The joke is on Article 46, UCMJ.

Attorneys for a 3rd Infantry Division soldier accused of shooting two non-commissioned officers while all three men were deployed to Iraq in 2008 are asking a military judge to drop capital charges in a pending court-martial. They claim two aggravating circumstances surrounding the incident were not properly listed on the suspect’s initial charge sheet. [They] also asked Military Judge Col. Tara Osborn for five peremptory challenges against potential jury members in the capital court-martial proceedings.