Latest "uniform code of military justice" stories

Top military court rules troops don’t have right to unanimous verdicts

U.S. troops are the country’s only constituency not afforded the same constitutional rights as defendants in civilian courts.

By Rachel S. Cohen

3 months ago

Air Force two-star to retire as colonel after sex crime conviction

Maj. Gen. Bill Cooley was found guilty of one of three counts of abusive sexual contact in an April 2022 court-martial.

By Rachel S. Cohen

4 months ago

Air Force bomb disposal tech charged in April insider attack in Syria

Tech. Sgt. David Wayne Dezwaan Jr., is accused of several violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

By Rachel S. Cohen

14 months ago

Military justice reform must ensure Special Victim prosecutors are under civilian control

Without this, a decade’s effort at military justice reform will be in jeopardy.

By Jackie Speier and Lynn Rosenthal

22 months ago

Military justice changes must go beyond sex cases, says senator

Top Pentagon officials and key lawmakers are open to the sexual assault shift, but they say applying it more broadly requires far more study and debate.

By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press

2 years ago

Jury selected in trial of Marine Raider charged in Green Beret’s death

The Marine gunnery sergeant faces a life sentence if convicted of murder in the strangulation death of Army Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar in 2017.

2 years ago