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New military prosecutors replace generals and admirals in more than 2,500 courts-martial in just 2 m
« on: February 22, 2024, 10:32:50 am »
New military prosecutors replace generals and admirals in more than 2,500 courts-martial in just 2 months

By GARY WARNER STARS AND STRIPES •

February 21, 2024
A training exercise in August 2018 of the 167th Theater Sustainment Command Judge Advocate General at the Calhoun County Courthouse in Anniston, Ala. (Katherine Dowd/U.S. Army National Guard) Four independent military prosecution offices created by Congress have invoked their authority in the past two months to take the decision-making in 2,649 courts-martial from generals and admirals.

Under the new policy, which took effect Dec. 28, 162 specially trained attorneys serving in the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines would have the last say on bringing court-martial charges against defendants for 13 specific offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, the military’s legal statutes, the Pentagon said.

The crimes include murder, manslaughter, kidnapping, rape, certain sex crimes, crimes against children, intimidation such as stalking or retaliation, and the possession or distribution of pornographic or intimate images or other materials. Sexual harassment will become part of the jurisdiction of the counsels on Jan. 1, 2025. 

Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-02-21/military-court-martial-special-trial-counsels-13071418.html
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Re: New military prosecutors replace generals and admirals in more than 2,500 courts-martial in just
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2024, 10:35:40 am »
Simply replacing people with other people does not assure better justice.  What this does is free up flag officers to make better decisions on military matters.  Well, supposedly better in theory. :whistle:
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