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Do troops have right to unanimous verdicts? Supreme Court could weigh in
« on: October 28, 2023, 11:56:47 am »
Do troops have right to unanimous verdicts? Supreme Court could weigh in
By Irene Loewenson
 Oct 27, 02:35 PM

 

The top military court, the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, decided in a 5-0 ruling in June that service members aren’t entitled to unanimous verdicts, confirming that a service member can be convicted and sentenced to prison time even if up to a quarter of the jury believes them to be not guilty.


Air Force Master Sgt. Anthony Anderson’s petition, filed on Monday, could open the door for the nation’s highest court to overturn centuries-long precedent in the military legal system.

“The petition presents to the court an important issue of constitutional law that affects millions of Americans, and we’re hopeful that the court will agree to review the decision of the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces,” Scott Gant of the law firm Boies Schiller Flexner, which is representing Anderson, told Military Times on Wednesday.

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/2023/10/27/do-troops-have-right-to-unanimous-verdicts-supreme-court-could-weigh-in/
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Re: Do troops have right to unanimous verdicts? Supreme Court could weigh in
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The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquility at home, your peace abroad; of your safety; of your prosperity; of that very liberty which you so highly prize. But as it is easy to foresee that, from different causes and from different quarters, much pains will be taken, many artifices employed to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth.  George Washington - Farewell Address
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