Courts-Martial

As someone who has frequently stood outside the main gate at Fort Meade in support of Pfc. Bradley Manning, I was extremely disappointed by Army judge Col. Denise Lind's ruling that Mr. Manning will get only a 112-day reduction in sentence if convicted,...

EL PASO, Texas -- The military judge supervising the trial of accused Ft. Hood shooter Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was removed from the case Monday, with the military's highest appeals court ruling that his "duel of wills" with Hasan over the defendant'...

SEATTLE -- The commanders at Joint Base Lewis-McChord have decided to refer the case against Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales for a general court-martial on charges that he murdered 16 civilians in a late-night shooting rampage outside a remote Army outpost...

Prosecutors say civilian criminal charges have been dropped against a Fort Wainwright soldier accused of fatally shooting a fellow soldier in south Fairbanks.     However, Fairbanks District Attorney Michael Gray told the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner...

A weeklong hearing in the case against U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales ended in a military courtroom Tuesday with defense attorneys declaring that “only one side of the story” has been heard. Bales faces charges on 16 counts of premeditated...

JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. (AP) — Army prosecutors on Tuesday asked an investigative officer to recommend a death penalty court-martial for a staff sergeant accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers in a predawn rampage, saying that Staff Sgt....

FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- An Army brigadier general stands accused of sexual misconduct with subordinates and a civilian, of threatening one woman’s career and her life, and of responding "I'm a general, I'll do whatever the [expletive] I want” when...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Two U.S. Marines will be court martialed over their alleged involvement in a video showing troops urinating on dead Taliban fighters and posing for pictures with casualties. The Marine Corps announced the criminal charges Monday...

FORT HOOD, Texas -- The Army Court of Criminal Appeals issued the following orders in United States vs. Maj. Nidal M. Hasan Sept. 21 after defense counsel for Hasan filed two appeals with that court this week. The court ordered the case stayed until...

Fort Hood -- An appellate court sitting in Washington D.C. has lifted the stay in the U.S. vs. Maj. Nidal M. Hasan court martial.  The Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces lifted the stay that had put the Hasan court martial on hold since Aug. 15 over...

FORT HOOD, Texas --  Maj. Nidal M. Hasan was back in court Aug. 30 where his defense counsel and government prosecutors argued various matters to Col. Gregory Gross, court-martial judge.  The proceeding began with the judge holding a contempt hearing for...

FORT HOOD, Texas -- The U.S. Army's Government Appellate Division filed a response brief Aug. 22 with the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces in the United States vs. Maj. Nidal M. Hasan Court-Martial arguing that Col. Gregory Gross, trial...