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Looks like Secretary McHugh took a stand.
Sexual Assault
UCMJ
SHARP
Adultery
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Nice to see karma catching up with someone who admitted that he richly deserved it.
I think this is the closest the military has come to losing control of the UCMJ in over 30 years.
I wonder which amounts to a larger amount of money: (1) the lifetime difference between an O-7 pension and an O-5 pension, or (2) the TAD cost to the Army of repetitively having to assemble O-7s & above for jury duty. I can only imagine what was taken out of operating funds to pay for the trial.
I think this is the closest the military has come to losing control of the UCMJ in over 30 years.
I wonder which amounts to a larger amount of money: (1) the lifetime difference between an O-7 pension and an O-5 pension, or (2) the TAD cost to the Army of repetitively having to assemble O-7s & above for jury duty. I can only imagine what was taken out of operating funds to pay for the trial.
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LCDR I like how you bring up the point of the military almost losing control of the UCMJ. If this was tried by a civilian court the adultery charge would have likely not been an issue as nobody in the civilian world really gets prosecuted for it. So, had he been tried by civilian law he would have likely retained his BG retirement pay.
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Wow. I must say that I am (pleasantly) surprised.
This was NOT the outcome that I expected, though I think it is justified by the admitted allegations (ie, what LTC Sinclair agreed that he did, not everything he was charged with), which included conduct while an O6.
This was NOT the outcome that I expected, though I think it is justified by the admitted allegations (ie, what LTC Sinclair agreed that he did, not everything he was charged with), which included conduct while an O6.
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So he is a sexual predator, pleads guilty to stay out of jail and STILL gets to retire and keep all of his benefits? Yet, 1LT Clint Lorance is sentenced to 20 years and his clemency appeal is denied? I find it amusing that people think being reduced from BG to LTC is punishment enough. Just think it his name was CPT Sinclair or SFC Sinclair, would the outcome be the same?
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Here is a link to an article that I read this morning. I thought that it was relevant to the conversation.
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/defense/210769-explaining-the-sinclair-demotion
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/defense/210769-explaining-the-sinclair-demotion
Explaining the Sinclair demotion
Jeffrey Sinclair's demotion was a just and lawful result.
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