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2007-01-09 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by Anonymoose 2007-01-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11125 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 So, where's the money for the defense coming from?

Posted by gromgoru 2007-01-09 02:33|| 2007-01-09 02:33|| Front Page Top

#2 My taxes. :-(

Posted by gorb 2007-01-09 03:48|| 2007-01-09 03:48|| Front Page Top

#3 "a jury at Fort Bragg sentenced 101st Airborne Division Sgt. Hasan Akbar"

Ummm, that would be Fort Campbell. Sheesh.

Posted by exJAG 2007-01-09 07:57|| 2007-01-09 07:57|| Front Page Top

#4 And its not a jury, its a courts martial.

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-01-09 09:27|| 2007-01-09 09:27|| Front Page Top

#5 From what I can gather on the neet this guy had problems before he deployed. I may be wrong but the circumstnces point to his guilt and if so they should hang him and Akbar together.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2007-01-09 10:29|| 2007-01-09 10:29|| Front Page Top

#6 Sorry, exJAG, but the court-martial did occur at Fort Bragg.

Procopius, a general court-martial does indeed have a jury (or panel) that determines innocence or guilt. The court-martial is merely the proceeding.

Posted by Dreadnought 2007-01-09 11:18|| 2007-01-09 11:18|| Front Page Top

#7 Dread, I've sat on both. At no time in a jury trial was I as a member of the jury able to ask further questions of the witness or request witnesses to be [re] summoned for further questioning. The judge in a courts martial acts as the technical administrator, but the tribunal has powers above that of a civilian jury which simply sits and listens.

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-01-09 11:41|| 2007-01-09 11:41|| Front Page Top

#8 Pro,

Agreed, but then I now have no idea what your criticism of the article is. I assumed you were referring to the final line "a jury sentenced..."

Posted by Dreadnought 2007-01-09 12:47|| 2007-01-09 12:47|| Front Page Top

#9 No need to be sorry, DN. I'm just not used to military judges dicking around with civilian theatrics, so I'd forgotten that Akbar got a change of venue due to concerns that he'd be "unable to get a fair trial" at Campbell, or some shit like that. Worked out great for him too, LOL.

Posted by exJAG 2007-01-09 17:44|| 2007-01-09 17:44|| Front Page Top

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