Posted on Sep 9, 2018

Military high court finds that top Navy lawyer engaged in unlawful command influence

COL Charles Williams

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Interesting Article. Normally the Commanders are on the ones who go to far. I guess the prosecution and joining in too. The bad thing, about this cases, is you can never recover the time lost physically, mentally, and emotionally.

Military high court finds that top Navy lawyer engaged in unlawful command influence

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CSM Charles Hayden

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COL Charles Williams There has to be more forthcoming on this miscarriage of justice. Who will really get zinged? Will there be any recompense for the Sailor?

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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel

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COL Charles Williams The Dynamics of Military Justice are so different from the Civilian World. The Evidence Rules Most Definitely Favor the Prosecution but the Punishment Rules actually favor the Accused. Learned quite a Bit during my Short Tenure as MAA to COMSPAWARSYSCOM.

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SMSgt Lawrence McCarter

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I think the Navy made a good move with the Master at Arms rating instead of the older Shore Patrol concept and putting people with actual Law Enforcement training then experience in those roles. When i was taking a course, Supt of Police at the Air Force Police Academy. (the students were Captains, Majors, SMSgt and MSgt ) For the Master at Arms rating there were many Navy people in course for the Police Academy there. at Lackland AFB, TX . I have testified in Court Martial's Myself as well as US District Court with My own Military Law Enforcement background and later civilian courts as a Civilian Police Officer. I have something to compare the civilian side and Military and I know some of the theater performance You may see in a civilian court by Lawyers aren't tolerated in a Court Martial. I have testified also in Navy Court Martial's also when the people We apprehended were sailors and all of them went to a navel prison. I've seen sentence from anywhere from 3 years, up to 25 years, to even life in Court Martial's I've testified in.

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