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Military appeals court rejects requests to open Wikileaks court-martial documents
April 18, 2013 by Keith Herting
The US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces on Wednesday rejected a request by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) to have access to court documents from the case against Bradley Manning. CCR had filed a lawsuit seeking extraordinary relief by opening "public and press access to the.... [more]
UK military judge ruled Iraq War legal [this day at law]
March 22, 2013 by Arjun Mishra
On March 22, 2006, British judge advocate John Bayliss ruled that Royal Air Force Lieutenant Malcolm Kendall-Smith, who challenged the legality of the Iraq War, had to face a court martial on five charges of failing to comply with a lawful order. Kendall-Smith had served with the British forces in.... [more]
US military prosecutors seek death penalty for Afghan civilian shootings
November 14, 2012 by Keith Herting
US military prosecutors on Tuesday urged the death penalty for Staff Sgt. Robert Bales who is accused of having murdered 16 Afghan civilians in a late-night rampage in March. After a week long investigatory hearing under Article 32, prosecutor Maj. Rob Stelle urged the presiding officer to.... [more]
UK marines to remain anonymous in court martial proceedings
November 7, 2012 by Zachariah Rivenbark
A Judge Advocate General for the Military Court Centre in Bulford ruled Wednesday that five UK Royal Marines charged with murder are to remain anonymous throughout their court martial. The five are charged with killing a wounded Taliban fighter, who appeared in a video that features marines.... [more]
How Public of a Trial: US v. Bradley Manning
August 17, 2012 by Jordan Barry
JURIST Guest Columnist Philip D. Cave, a solo practitioner at the The Law Offices of Philip D. Cave, argues that the lack of transparency in the WikiLeaks court-martial case undermines the reliability of the verdict...Have US military courts achieved the same level of transparency we have come to.... [more]
US soldier charged with releasing classified docs ruled competent to stand trial [this day at law]
April 29, 2012 by Clay Flaherty
On April 29, 2011, a US Army panel of experts declared that Pfc. Bradley Manning was competent to stand trial for leaking a classified video and classified State Department documents to the controversial website Wikileaks in 2010. Manning's pre-trial hearing concluded in December 2011, after which.... [more]
Sri Lanka high court agreed to review opposition candidate arrest [this day at law]
February 12, 2012 by Cynthia Miley
On February 12, 2010, Sri Lanka's Supreme Court agreed to consider a petition challenging the arrest of opposition presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka, who was arrested "in connection with certain fraudulent acts and other military offences." Incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa alleged that....... [more]
US Army refers intelligence analyst's Wikileaks case for court-martial
February 4, 2012 by Jamie Davis
US Army commander Maj. Gen. Michael Linnington referred Pfc. Bradley Manning to a general court-marital Friday on all charges for allegedly releasing classified information to WikiLeaks. The referral to a court-martial means Manning will now stand trial on 22 counts brought against him for his.... [more]
Final marine tried in Haditha killings pleads guilty
January 24, 2012 by Jaimie Cremeans
US Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich pleaded guilty Monday to the charge of negligent dereliction of duty, ending the final court-martial resulting from a five-year investigation into the 2005 deaths of 24 Iraqi civilians. Wuterich was charged with voluntary manslaughter, aggravated assault, reckless.... [more]
Military court hears closing arguments in intelligence leak case
December 23, 2011 by Dan Taglioli
A US military court
heard closing arguments Thursday at the pre-trial hearing for Pfc. Bradley Manning, which will determine whether he will face a court martial for his alleged role in the largest intelligence leak in US history. Manning, who served as an Army intelligence analyst in Iraq,.... [more]
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