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 here (local) and here (CBS News).
General Allen Ensnared in Petraeus Investigation
Marine General John Allen, commander of ISAF forces in Afghanistan, and currently pending nomination as the SAC, is under investigation by the FBI and DoD IG reports CNN and others, here and here (WSJ).
Fry v. U.S. was also denied cert today: http://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/111312zor_l5gm.pdf (page 2)