Naplesnews.com reports that: The trial counsel in United States v. Piotrowski, ARMY 20010721, 2006 CCA LEXIS 487 (A. Ct. Crim. App. January 31, 2006) pet. denied 64 M.J. 430 (C.A.A.F. 2007). He smashes into a car, killing a 24-year-old woman who is pregnant with her first child. So a prosecutor steps in, ready to send…
Continue reading ›Seattleweekly.com reports: Having now admitted to murder, Fort Lewis Spc. Ivette Davila today awaits word on whether she will face the death penalty for it. Davila, 23, an Army chemical specialist, is charged with killing Staff Sgt. Timothy Miller and Sgt. Randi Miller in their Parkland home March 2, 2008, soaking their bodies in muriatic…
Continue reading ›Stars & Stripes reports: A prosecutor has argued that a Marine Corps officer facing demotion failed to fully disclose and investigate the killing of two dozen Iraqi men, women and children by Marines under his command. But a defense attorney called the retired officer a highly qualified leader who took the fall amid political pressure…
Continue reading ›I just commented on two incidents involving suspicious actions by soldiers; one at Fort Campbell and one near Fort Leonard Wood. Army Times now reports: A box of hollow-point bullets and an anonymous note threatening an incident like the one at Fort Hood, Texas, were discovered Thursday at Fort Benning, Ga., sparking a criminal investigation…
Continue reading ›Army Times reports that Major Hasan has had or is about to have a pretrial confinement hearing at Fort Hood. A hearing is required within certain time periods under R.C.M. 305. R.C.M. 305 is a regulation in the manual for courts-martial that implements due process for someone detained for a crime. The military does not…
Continue reading ›As CAAFLog has pointed out, it appears that Major Hasan will be tried by media. Someone at the National Capital Consortium, Psychiatry Residency Program, Walter Reed Army Medical Center has released a letter to the Credentials Committee. No word on the WRAMC AR 15-6 into this unauthorized disclosure. One of the common “defenses” raised at…
Continue reading ›North County Times reports: Four members of a Camp Pendleton squad convicted of taking part in the kidnapping and murder of an Iraqi civilian in 2006 have been ordered by the Secretary of the Navy to be removed from the military. Secretary Ray Mabus also directed the Marine Corps to demonstrate why a lieutenant who…
Continue reading ›DallasNews.com reports: Fontana’s attorneys argued Tuesday that the patients were gravely ill and their life-expectancy was impossible to predict. They also blamed vague doctors’ orders, poor hospital protocol and sloppy record-keeping in the intensive care unit for the deaths. I think what they mean is that in the court-martial opening statement the defense said .…
Continue reading ›NMCCA has issued six new decisions, of which four are merits. United States v. Maharrey, post-trial delay case. United States v. Thornton. Appellant raises ineffective assistance of counsel (IAC) and sufficiency of the evidence. The findings and sentence are set-aside based on the IAC. The IAC relates to several issues: failure to properly advise on…
Continue reading ›Military.com reports: Fort Hood massacre suspect Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan sought to have some of his patients prosecuted for war crimes based on statements they made during psychiatric sessions with him, a captain who served on the base said Monday. (emphasis added) Other psychiatrists complained to superiors that Hasan’s actions violated doctor-patient confidentiality, Capt. Shannon…
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