Military Justice

Military Steps Up Rape Prosecutions Leading To Questionable Cases

McClatchy | Marisa Taylor and Chris Adams | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Rape, Military, Sex Crimes, Military Justice, Military Rape Prosecutions, Military Court, Sexual Assault Prosecutions, Sexual Assault, Rape Prosecutions, Military Sexual Assault, Military Rape, Politics News

By the time Marine Staff Sgt. Jamie Walton went to trial on rape charges, his accuser had changed her story several times....

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Review: Rimbaud in Java, The Lost Voyage

Jan McGirk | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Arthur Rimbaud, Homosexuality, Antihero, Indonesia, Military Justice, French Literature, Rambo, Gay Icons, Fugitive, Bali, Jamie James, Java, Stallone, Ubud-Writers--Readers-Festival, Orientalism, Child Prodigies, Absinthe, Poets, Rimbaud in Java, Opium, The Green Fairy, Hashish, Cannabis, Books News
Jan McGirk

Equal parts lit crit, biography, linguistic anthropology and social history, Rimbaud in Java: The Lost Voyage examines the remaining mysteries about Arthur Rimbaud as a fugitive from justice.

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Photos Of U.S. Soldiers Posing With Corpses Leak From Afghan War Crimes Probe

AP | GENE JOHNSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Afghanistan War Crimes, Afpak, Afghanistan Corpse Photos, Crime, Afghanistan, Military Justice, Afghanistan War, World News

SEATTLE — A photograph of a U.S. soldier smiling as he posed with the bloodied and partially naked corpse of an Afghan civilian was among those ...

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Bradley Manning's Abuse: Army's Dishonor, Obama's Shame

Barton Kunstler, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Bush, Law, Civil Liberties, Military Justice, Prisoner Abuse, President Barack Obama, Ethics, Bradley Manning, Wikileaks, Dishonor, U.S. Army, Torture, Abu Ghraib, Politics News
Barton Kunstler, Ph.D.

If our Commander in Chief shrinks into the background and ignores the abuse of Bradley Manning, how can he expect to maintain his credibility as our leader, as the moral compass of our country?

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Afghanistan: A Surge in ROE Education is the First Step

Vivian Gembara | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Prosecutor, Trial, US Soldiers, Military Justice, Ware Crime, Mccain, US Troops, Obama, Roe, Soldiers, Marines, Army, Troop Misconduct, Code of Conduct, Jag, Detainee Abuse, Afghanistan, Insurgents, Iraq, Rules of Engagement in Iraq, Politics News
Vivian Gembara

The ugly issue of the misconduct of some U.S. troops in a war zone must be addressed before sending more soldiers and Marines into Afghanistan.

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