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The horrifying events that occured in Afghanistan on Sunday where an Army SSG apparently deliberately murdered 16 villagers is clearly on everyone's mind. He is going to be tried under the UCMJ- which is sometimes not well understood. The Army Times posted an interesting summary of how the case will proceed at the link below.
I think that it is important to caution our members that this is not the time or place to wildly speculate about causes, defenses or comparisons to unrelated events. These are real world events which will affect American service members in a war zone as well as American interests- this would be a good time to be measured and thoughtful in how you present and comment on this tragic and horrible event. The previous thread on this subject was removed because it seemed apparent that it had become merely a mechanism for expounding a personal agenda. Please try and keep this thread in bounds and keep in mind that this forum is not the place to indulge in anti-American or anti-military personal biases.
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2012/03/ap-military-justice-in-afghanistan-killing-case-031312/
I think that it is important to caution our members that this is not the time or place to wildly speculate about causes, defenses or comparisons to unrelated events. These are real world events which will affect American service members in a war zone as well as American interests- this would be a good time to be measured and thoughtful in how you present and comment on this tragic and horrible event. The previous thread on this subject was removed because it seemed apparent that it had become merely a mechanism for expounding a personal agenda. Please try and keep this thread in bounds and keep in mind that this forum is not the place to indulge in anti-American or anti-military personal biases.
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2012/03/ap-military-justice-in-afghanistan-killing-case-031312/
WASHINGTON — The military has already held a probable cause hearing for the soldier suspected in the weekend killings of 16 Afghan villagers, but the military has still not released his name or said when charges would be filed.
The military justice system, in many cases, holds to the same basic tenets as the civilian system.
In both civilian and military law, a suspect in a crime cannot be held for more than 48 hours without a court hearing.
“There is a system in place to make sure that people simply aren’t thrown into a dungeon somewhere,” said Eugene R. Fidell, a former Coast Guard judge advocate who teaches law at Yale....
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