The latest court-martial results reported for the Army are from November 2016.November is a busy month for the trial judiciary. There is historically a push to clear the docket before the holidays.Bottom line. I still think that the data supports electing a jury/panel in most cases.Seventy percent of the cases in November were guilty pleas. That...

I was recently at Fort Carson, Colorado. I came across a flyer from the Department of Justice titled “False Allegations of Adult Crimes Reference Guide.” The flyer has prompted me to write about false allegations and deception. This Part I will provide the data from the Department of Justice. The data apparently came from the...

On 25 September, the Army released data on the 42 courts-martial held in the month of August. https://www.armytimes.com/articles/army-releases-results-of-august-courts-martial​There are a number of lessons to be learned. -32 out of 42 cases in August were guilty pleas; -In 10 contested cases, only four Soldiers were found guilty. A 60% acquittal rate in contested trials is pretty good odds; -21 out...