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17 Counts of PreMed Murder and 6 Counts Attempted Murder for SSGT Bales
Here is an AP report (via Stars and Stripes) on the charges served today on SSGT Bales for the shooting deaths of 17 Afghan civilians and attempted murder of 6 others. NYT coverage here. Will try to...
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Collection of Continuing SSGT Bales Case Coverage
Media thrist for all things related to SSGT Bales’ alleged murder of 17 Afghan civilians is insatiable. Here are a few: Family’s financial condition here (Tacoma News-Tribune) Review of chain of...
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Military Justice News for Mar. 28, 2012
Bales Case – More on SSGT Bales and his family’s financial troubles, here (Seattle Times). Maybe a theme at trial could be to blame the financial crisis? Russell Fragging Case – SSGT John Russell...
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Military Justice News for Apr. 5, 2012
Afghan Shootings/Bales Court-Martial Here from CBS News is an article on the Bales case that highlights interesting cultural differences in the Afghan and US military justice/justice systems. US Rule...
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Government reportedly tacks on alcohol and steriod use charges in Bales case
According to this WaPo article, in addition to facing 16 specs of premeditated murder, Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales now also faces charges that he used alcohol and steriods in Afghanistan.
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Military Justice News for Sep. 7, 2012
Bales Art. 32 Still Scheduled for Sep. 17, 2012 Accordings to the Gig Harbor Patch (here and here?) the Bales Art. 32 is still scheduled for Sep. 17th. But it is not on the JBLM or Ft. Leavenworth...
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Military Justice News for Monday, Nov. 5, 2012
Families of Victims of Ft. Hood Shootings Talk About Delays As CAAF now reviews whether MAJ Hasan must shave his beard when standing trial for the Ft. Hood shooting spree, families are now 3 years out...
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Military Justice News for Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012
Lots o’ military justice news, but not a lot o’ No Man time. Alright, here we go. The short, short version. (Do you? Yes. Do you? Yes. Good. You’re married. Kiss her!) SSGT Bales hearing updates:...
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Military Justice News for Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012
The publisher of the Manual for Courts-Martial won’t change, see coverage here. Charges are dismissed in the case of SGT Jeffrey Hurst, who is facing a court-martial related to the death of PVT Danny...
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Military Justice News for Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012
Bales Art. 32 Continues with Defense Witnesses Defense witnesses testified yesterday about their opinion of SSGT Robert Bales, NYT coverage here. Additional coverage of the Afghan witnesses that...
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Military Justice News for Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012
Bales Case Analysis AP (via Yahoo News), here, puts the SSGT Bales court-martial in the context of other war time murders allegedly perpetrated by US servicemembers. Coverage from yesterday’s hearing...
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Breaking News: Bales to Face Capital Court-Martial
Here is the AP story via WaPo. H/t GGH
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Military Justice News for Dec. 20, 2012
Bales Capital Referral Many more reports on the Bales capital referral. Here (Reuters) and here (NPR Blog) are a few. The Reuters story has a quote from the defense counsel taking issue with the...
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Military Justice News for Jan. 16, 2013
Bales Arraignment Tomorrow Here is a link to the TN-T story on the SSGT Robert Bales arraignment tomorrow. Additional coverage from Army Time here reporting that the capital court-martial for the...
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Military Justice News for May 30, 2013
Here is SCOTUSBlog’s take on the Behenna cert. petition, which we’ll know the results on shortly. H/t DHS It appears that in exchange for removing the possibility of a death sentence, SSGT Robert...
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Military Justice News for Friday, July 19, 2013
Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Krusinski, who was once chief of the Air Force SAPR program, isn’t charged with sexual assault after all. Reuters has the story here: “After a closer investigation...
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Military Justice News for August 7, 2013
The military judge in the Bales case mistakenly gave the trial counsel the unredacted 706 Board results for Staff Sergeant Bales, who then read the report. The defense now wants the TCs removed from...
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Bales gets LWOP
Life without parole is the sentence for the Army Staff Sergeant who pleaded guilty to killing 16 Afghan civilians, AP via WaPo, here, Tacoma News-Tribune, here.
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Various news organizations are reporting on new data about reports of sexual assault in the DoD. For example, in this New York Times story (link fixed): There were 3,553 sexual assault complaints...
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In last Friday’s news, I noted that Senator Gillibrand announced that her “Military Justice Improvement Act” legislation would come to the Senate floor for a vote this week. And earlier this week Sam...
View ArticleBales appeal may challenge safety of anti-malaria drug
Army Staff Sergeant (SSG) Robert Bales pleaded guilty at a general court-martial in 2013 to the murder of 16 Afghan civilians in 2012. The case had been referred capital, and his plea avoided the...
View ArticleBales seeks cert.
In 2013, Army Staff Sergeant (SSG) Robert Bales pleaded guilty to the 2012 murder of 16 Afghan civilians. The case had been referred capital, and Bales’ plea avoided the possibility of the death...
View ArticleCertiorari denied in Bales
This morning the Supreme Court denied certiorari in Bales v. United States, No. 17-1583 (CAAFlog news page).
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