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In December 2017, the Army published results for 35 courts-martial. Given the holiday month, 35 is ten to fifteen trials below average. As a military defense firm, we’re largely tracking how defendants are faring in contested trials. In other words, are juries returning not guilty verdicts. Overall, results in contested sexual assault trials were overwhelmingly favorable...

On 4 March 2007, Marine Corps Special Operations Command members came under attack during a deployment to Afghanistan. After engaging the threat, the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Counsel later alleged that upwards of 19 civilians were killed and 50 were injured. Mr. Conway and the firm represented one of the Marines involved in engaging the enemy....

July 2017 Army Court-Martial Results On 7 September 2017, Senator Gillibrand – citing data from 2015 involving 4 installations alleged that fewer sexual assault cases are going to trial resulting in fewer convictions. I’m not convinced her data is current. In July 2017, military juries convicted in 100% of the contested sexual assault trials. The...

Here is our analysis of the Navy Court-Martial data for July 2017. Like the Army, this is PCS season. Thus, the volume of courts was down. There were 20 Navy courts in July. There were 6 sexual assault trials and 5 acquittals. Navy panels were overwhelmingly voting not guilty in July. Total Courts: 20 Contested Jury Trials: 7 Jury Acquittals:...

Here is our analysis of the June 2017 Army Court-Martial results. In June the total number of court-martials was down. We count 36. We typically expect to see between 40-50+. The summer months are often PCS season and can result in lower volume. There are some obvious trends that we need more observation to explain. 1: More accused...

Attorney Daniel Conway is a partner in the firm. He has published a Handbook of Military Crimes and Offenses. He has also been featured by nearly every major national news organization. Mr. Conway lives in San Antonio. In 2015, an Air Force Military Training Instructor was convicted of sexually assaulting a trainee. Dozens of Airmen...

Attorney Daniel Conway is a partner in the firm. He has published a Handbook of Military Crimes and Offenses. He has also been featured by nearly every major national news organization. Mr. Conway lives in San Antonio. In 2015, an Air Force Military Training Instructor was convicted of sexually assaulting a trainee. Dozens of Airmen...

Attorney Daniel Conway is a partner in the firm. He has published a Handbook of Military Crimes and Offenses. He has also been featured by nearly every major national news organization. Mr. Conway lives in San Antonio. In 2015, an Air Force Military Training Instructor was convicted of sexually assaulting a trainee. Dozens of Airmen...

The Board for Correction of Naval Records is now updated their webpage to permit online applications.

The Air Force has published their court-martial results for February 2017. The Air Force arranges it’s data broken down by general courts-martial and special courts-martial. The data is interesting and makes me question it’s accuracy. In 33 cases, according to the reporting there was not a single mixed verdict (guilty and not guilty findings).Categorizing mixed...