Posted on Mar 10, 2014
Army General's Sex Assault Case May Be Dismissed
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Breaking news out of Fort Bragg. Due to alleged mishandling of the case by the Pentagon, Brigadier General Sinclair's sex assault case may have to be thrown out. Your thoughts on this development? We'll try to keep this thread updated as more news happens on this.
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*** Update Mon 3/10/2014 @ 3:31 PM EST (multiple independent sources ) ***
CPT Kletzing,
General Sinclair's defense team requested and were denied pre-trial email they would have alleged demonstrated command interference with the proceedings. They allege their offer to plead to lesser charges was rejected due to political command influence.
The Judge in charge of the Courts Martial / Trial will not dismiss the charges. He has offered the defense could have the plea offer considered by independent prosecutors and reviewers or continue the current trial on original charges as originally planned.
The defense has until Tuesday morning to pursue newly offered outside review option.
Warmest Regards, Sandy
A military judge has declined to dismiss sexual assault charges against Army Gen. Jeffrey A. Sinclair.
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SPC Smith,
The civilian and military justice systems have significant flaws, but they are the best mechanism to seek justice in our toolkit, and the kind of command influence misconduct alleged here is very easily cured by offering narrow but completely independent review. The defense shoots itself in the foot by insulting the judge, prosecutor, and review panel by making this allegation, and they gain nothing.
Warmest Regards, Sandy
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<p>LT Annala,</p><p><br></p><p> Been busy reading Lisa Randall's 'WARPED PASSAGES'. This scenario does have it's political component to it. I think these kinds of relationships will be largely done away with because of the political need.</p>
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Thanks for keeping us updated, 1LT Annala!
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As of 3/26/2014, under Sinclair's plea deal, military prosecutors dropped the female captain's sexual assault charges, provided a written reprimand, fined him $20,000 for improper relations with three women, and misuse of a military credit card. Moreover, the Secretary of the Army is considering whether to permit him to retire as a general rather than lieutenant colonel - $832,000 in additional retirement benefits through age 82 if he remains as a brigadier general. As I said before, this is the best system we have. On first impression a poor outcome. But, truth be told, we don't know all of the relevant facts. Warmest Regards, Sandy
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It's a plea agreement which happens quite often, regardless of rank. The sentencing phase is what you must wait for in order to determine if he "got over" or not. I caution you ahead of time, you rarely see anyone get the ax sentence (or anything owe to max), and that is regardless of rank. Bottom line is the actions hurt (emotionally shattered) the victim and there is no sentence he can get that will repair her spirit. Now we must wait.
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Roger, CSM. I'll update after sentencing. The penalties for adultery are usually not that stiff, though I wonder if it would be reinforced as he had several mistresses. I also remember GEN Ward being slammed for misuse of funds, including using official trans for his wife to accompany him. To see how the rest of this plays out will be interesting.
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What's troubling is that many women do suffer abuse and coercion and that must totally end.
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Let me add, that it happens to men, as well. The stigma is bad for females, now imagine how bad it must be for the males. They have even more reasons to keep quiet about it. Meanwhile, the bad guy rides off into the sunset, usually getting away with it. http://www.justicedeniedmovie.com/
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