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Pentagon reports sharp rise in military sexual assaults
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon estimated that 26,000 members of the military were sexually assaulted in unreported incidents last year — 35% more than in 2010 — a severe trend that senior officials warned could threaten recruiting and...
Tags: Barbara Boxer, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. Congress
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Court-martial opens for sergeant who killed 5 U.S. troops in Iraq
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. — Army Sgt. John Russell opened fire on U.S. mental health workers at a combat stress center in Iraq out of revenge after doctors said he was not eligible to leave the Army, prosecutors said Monday at the opening of...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Crime, Law and Justice, Mental Health, Justice System, Health and Safety at Work
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Female Marine gets reprimand, loss of pay in adultery case
SAN DIEGO — A military judge Thursday sentenced a female Marine convicted of attempted adultery and lying to investigators to a letter of reprimand and the loss of $3,000 in pay. Lt. Col. Leon Francis could have sentenced her to a year in the brig...Tags: Adultery, Punishment, Military Justice
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Female Marine convicted of 'attempted adultery' and lying
CAMP PENDLETON — A female Marine was convicted Wednesday of "attempted adultery" and lying to investigators in a case involving allegations of sexual misconduct and alcohol abuse in the enlisted ranks. The Marine, a staff sergeant with 17 years'...Tags: Substance Abuse, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Defendants, Sexual Assault
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As Navy rape case unravels, questions of homicide appear
The night began like many at Boorda Hall, a five-story barracks at Naval Station Great Lakes, the Navy's premier training base on the shore of Lake Michigan in Illinois. Somebody announced a party, and the hard drinking and beer pong began. A 21-year-...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Weaponry, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Prisons, Medical Research
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Bales to face sanity review this weekend in Afghan massacre case
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, accused of killing 16 villagers and wounding six more in Afghanistan, will undergo a government sanity review this weekend to determine his mental state, his attorneys said. Bales...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Murder, Robert Bales
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WikiLeaks case: What's fair?
After ruling last week that Army Pfc. Bradley Manning was subjected to overly restrictive confinement at a Marine Corps brig, a military judge postponed proceedings in Manning's court-martial until June. The Army should use that delay to consider a plea...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Osama bin Laden, Trials, Entertainment Events
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General admits failure in Lackland sex scandal; 32 alleged culprits
HOUSTON -- A top Air Force general testifying at a congressional hearing Wednesday about the growing sexual scandal at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas said officials "clearly failed" to establish order and discipline among instructors at the...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Laws, Sexual Assault, Criminal Laws
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Marine pleads guilty to urinating on Afghan corpses
A Marine who urinated on the corpses of Taliban fighters in a video seen worldwide pleaded guilty Wednesday to several charges at a court-martial at Camp Lejeune, N.C. Staff Sgt. Edward W. Deptola admitted desecrating the remains and posing with the...Tags: Court Preliminary, Camp Lejeune (military base), Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Trials
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Army general to face court-martial on sexual misconduct charges
In a rare case of an active-duty general charged with criminal offenses, a brigadier general at Ft. Bragg, N.C., is scheduled to face a court-martial Tuesday on charges of forcible sodomy, sexual misconduct and compelling female officers to perform sex...
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Afghanistan, Sex Crimes, Trials, Prosecution
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Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair defers plea at court-martial
FORT BRAGG N.C. -- Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sinclair, a veteran of five tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, deferred entering a plea to criminal charges including sexual misconduct at his court-martial Tuesday. In a rare case of an active-duty general...
Tags: Afghanistan, Crime, Law and Justice, Sex Crimes, Justice System, Trials
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Army seeks death for Sgt. Robert Bales in Afghan shooting rampage
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...
Tags: Court Preliminary, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Mental Health, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
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