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Crime in the Military
Sergeant Gets Life Without Parole in Iraq Killings
Associated Press | May 17, 2013
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. -- An Army sergeant was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without parole for the 2009 killings of five fellow servicemembers at a combat stress clinic in Iraq. A military judge, Army Col. David Conn, found Sgt. John Russell guilty of premeditated murder on Monday and imposed the sentence Thursday morning. The ... more
Third Sexual Assault Prevention Official Fired
Military.com | May 17, 2013
A third military sexual assault prevention official was removed from his position Thursday after an Army lieutenant colonel was arrested in a domestic dispute, according to officials at Fort Campbell, Ky., the officer’s home station. Lt. Col. Darin Haas, the Fort Campbell Sexual Harassment and Assault Response Prevention/Equal Opportunity progr... more
Marines: Politics Not in Play in Urination Trial
Military.com | May 17, 2013
Marine Corps officials on Thursday brushed off allegations by a defense lawyer that the Corps was bowing to “political hysteria” in ordering a court-martial for the only officer facing charges over the video showing troops urinating on Taliban corpses in Afghanistan. Capt. James Clement will face a special court-martial on two charges in connec... more
US Army Generals Ordered to Testify in Sex Case
Associated Press | May 15, 2013
FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- A military judge on Tuesday ordered two U.S. Army generals to testify about whether they were pressured by superiors to charge another general with the sexual assault of a female captain. The judge, Col. James Pohl, granted a pre-trial motion from lawyers representing accused Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair. It compels testimony... more
Assault Prevention NCO Investigated for Sex Crimes
Military.com | May 15, 2013
For the second time this month, a uniformed military official whose job was to prevent sex abuse has come under investigation for a sex crime. Agents from the Army’s Criminal Investigation Division were looking into allegations that an Army sergeant first class at Fort Hood, Texas, sexually abused females in his unit and ran a prostitution ring... more