Top 10 military justice stories of 2009–#10: Revenge of the new Article 120
A perennial newspaper feature near the end of each December is the Top-10 retrospective on the year. Since this is a year ending in “9,” we’ve also seen quite a few retrospectives of the decade, like...
View ArticleTop 10 military justice stories of 2009–#9: The Continuing Saga of LtCol...
Story number nine is a holdover from the #1 story in 2008, the legal aftermath of the Haditha incident. In 2009 the Marine Corps finally determined the fate of LtCol Jeffrey Chessani after nearly 3...
View ArticleTop 10 military justice stories of 2009–#8: The Navy SEALs courts-martial
While most of the Navy SEALs court-martial story will play out in 2010, it has still been significant enough to make 2009′s top-10 list. Three Navy SEALs who captured the terrorist leader Ahmed Hashim...
View ArticleTop 10 military justice stories of 2009–#7: The passing of Judge Everett
Judge Everett was a giant in the military justice system, an influential teacher, and one of the most gracious gentlemen on the planet. His death on 12 June at the age of 81 was especially startling...
View ArticleTop 10 military justice stories of 2009–#6: The Cox Commission II report
There’s often a tension between purity and pragmatism. The original Cox Commission report, issued just before 9-11, was ambitious and eloquent. It advocated a fairly major realignment of the military...
View ArticleTop 10 military justice stories of 2009–#5: 1LT Behenna Detainee Killing Case
Short and sweet because WordPress just ate an hour’s worth of blogging on our #5 story. Behenna case mixes politics, media coverage, interesting facts, and a potential Brady violation discovered after...
View ArticleTop 10 military justice stories of 2009–#4: United States v. Foster
Foster is a rarity: a truly significant unpublished decision. United States v. Foster, No. NMCCA 200101955 (N-M. Ct. Crim. App. Feb. 17, 2009). The decision is an important one on a micr0-level. It...
View ArticleTop 10 military justice stories of 2009–#3: United States v. Denedo
The Supreme Court doesn’t review a military justice case once in a blue moon — it does so once every three of four blue moons. So Denedo was significant simply for the reason that the Supremes were...
View ArticleTop 10 military justice stories of 2009–#2: US v. Green MEJA Case
Our #2 story of 2009 is the conclusion of another media heavy saga from Operation Iraqi Freedom. The story of PFC Steven Green began in June 2006 when “after insurgents killed a member of Green’s...
View ArticleTop 10 Military Justice Stories of 2009 – A Review of the Pack
So after seeing numbers 10 to 2, are you thoroughly annoyed your favorite didn’t make the list? Are you amazed that two relatively bright people could make a list this bad? Are you tired of living in...
View ArticleTop 10 military justice stories of 2009–#1: Fort Hood Shootings
The suspense was killing you I am sure. The actions of Major Nidal Hasan at Fort Hood and the ensuing media barrage related to the investigation and decision to court-martial Major Hasan made this...
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