Air Force Times reports that: The court-martial of Airman 1st Class Dustin A. Miller will begin Nov. 8. The security forces patrolman faces charges of attempted murder, aggravated assault with a dangerous weapon, aggravated assault inflicting grievous bodily harm and assault with the intent to commit murder. See prior postings about the Mackie (Trask) case…
Continue reading ›Army Times reports: Attorneys for a disgruntled Army Reserve soldier who fatally shot his supervisor after his vacation was denied say his fasting to meet stringent military weight guidelines left him in a trancelike state. (This courtroom sketch shows Army Reserve Sgt. Rashad Valmont during military hearing Monday, Aug. 30, 2010 at Fort McPherson, Ga.…
Continue reading ›I first posted on this here. More information about the case is seeping out. Some of this may be circular reporting. Fox5News (Las Vegas) reports: The Army isn’t saying what motivated the killings of three Afghan civilians, whose deaths have led to charges against a Nevada soldier and four others from Washington state’s Joint Base…
Continue reading ›The LA Times has interesting piece which essentially posits that both the defense and Congress are being stonewalled in production of relevant information. Usually it’s only the defense. But even before the gavel comes down, two legal battles are underway to try to force the Army and the Department of Justice to turn over documents…
Continue reading ›Fox11.com reports that: Major Hasan is on his way from hospital to Belton jail where he will be housed at an approximate cost of $206K. He is wheelchair bound – question, is he a flight risk? [T]he Army is erecting a 15 foot fence around the courthouse in Ft. Hood in preparations for the Article…
Continue reading ›The FayObserver.com is reporting that a members panel has been selected and that trial on the merits will begin Wednesday, 17 March 2009.
Continue reading ›The prosecution of SPC Ivette Davila, at Fort Lewis, will generate some interest; hers will be the first death penalty prosecution of a woman under the UCMJ. Checking – has a woman ever been executed as a result of a court-martial in the United States? The answer is no under the UCMJ. The two most…
Continue reading ›A Hohenfels-based soldier was sentenced to 8½ years in prison Thursday in a knife attack on a German family last summer. Racine, assigned to the 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, was originally charged with one count of attempted premeditated murder, along with several lesser charges, according to the official Army charge sheet. But after the…
Continue reading ›An airman shot during a disagreement with a fellow airman appeared indecisive about what actually happened in a Rapid City apartment last September. Piland recalled fighting with Santana and holding him in a choke hold, but did not remember statements he made to civilian investigators. He also had no recollection of portions of his testimony…
Continue reading ›Nearly two years after prosecutors in Jacksonville decided not to charge anyone in the gunfight that killed a club owner outside his bar north of Springfield, the Navy has acquitted a sailor of murder in the case. NewsJacksonville.com reports — Navy prosecutors would only say they had believed the case should be pursued. “Jacksonville authorities…
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