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Army slow to act as crime-lab worker falsified, botched tests
The reporters undertook a year-long inquiry into every facet of the often-opaque military justice system. Through more than two dozen stories, the series closely examined military criminal investigations, lab testing, trials, sentences and appeals.
Tags: military justice system; fabricated results; investigation; falsified tests;
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Honor Tarnished
"This year-long series looks into every facet of the often-opaque military justice system. Through more than two dozen stories, the series closely examined military criminal investigations, lab testing, trials, sentences and appeals."
Tags: military justice system
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Limbo
A Times investigation into the military's system of justice for foreign terror suspects reveals "new information about the physical and legal treatment of the detainees." Among the major stories the Times broke were: "the use of harsh methods to break a series of hunger strikes at Guantanamo; the largely secret evolution of the military detention facility at Bagram, Afghanistan into another Guantanamo-type facility; the reasons for the collapse of an ambitious two-year effort to prosecute military personnel for abuses at Bagram; the obstacles to American government efforts to repatriate many of the Guantanamo prisoners and the story of attempts by senior Bush Administration officials to press for sweeping changes in the detention system." The Times also reported on the power struggle between military officials and detainees for control of Guantanamo, a situation the military denied.
Tags: Guantanamo; terror suspects; terror detainees; prisoners; Bagram, Afghanistan
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Justice at War
After analyzing the Army Court-Martial Management Information system database it was found that soldiers who broke military rules were more likely to face charges than those who violated civilian law. These violations were mainly aimed at Iraqi civilians and included robbing , kidnaping and killing them. Also it was found that the Army's recruitment has enlisted men of questionable background. Some of these men would not be hired by other law enforcement groups such as the police, due to their criminal records.
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Tough Justice
"The stories examined the origins and consequences of the Bush administration's policies for the military detention and prosecution of terrorist suspects since 9/11. In part, they sought to investigate the abuse of prisoners by their American jailers, both in the United states and abroad. What was unique about coverage of The Times, however, was that it manages to penetrate the government's extraordinary secrecy about the subject to both reconstruct the creation of this new military justice system and assess the intelligence effort that was its bedrock rationale."
Tags: prison; abuse; Abu Graib; Defense Department; National Security Council; Guantanamo Bay; Al Queda
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JAGs Change with Military
The National Law Journal reports on JAGs, which are judge advocate generals in the military. This "third court system" involves a criminal justice system composed of nearly 4,000 active-duty military lawyers.
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Friendly Fire in the Barracks
Joey Villareal shot his best friend in the head during a game of Russian Roulette. Both were in the Navy. The article raises questions over how the Military Justice System can handle the case, and whether it is even possible for them to do so.
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Unequal justice
Pound reports on flaws in the military justice system. The story reveals "a standard of fairness inferior to that guaranteed to accused criminals in America's civilian courts" and "a pattern of shocking abuse and injustice," according to the contest questionnaire. The system hits average enlisted men and women, while generals and admirals are rarely, if ever, tried.
Tags: secrecy; courts; army; Pentagon; brass; tribunals; Defense Department
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Camp Fear
South Dakota's juvenile justice system in undergoing an extensive investigation after reports of abuse, violence, and one death in the state's juvenile military-style boot camp for juvenile offenders; the state's governor and camp personnel defends the system while many parents are calling for an end to the camps; currently the nation has 50 military-style camps similar to those in South Dakota.
Tags: Juvenile justice; juvenile boot camp; crime
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1997 IRE TV Award Winners and Finalist.
The 1997 IRE TV Award Winners and Finalist tape is a compilation of 5 stories. 1.) "Blood Money," ABC News. Chilling video of the executions of Chinese prisoners and the selling of their organs to fund a profit-making organized criminal activity. See #14327. 2.) "Probable Cause," Dateline, NBC News. Systematic illegal traffic stops, brutal behavior and unfair drug seizures in Louisiana with a system where judges who decide cases benefit from ill-gotten gains and innocent citizens actually pay to go to court and get their appeals heard. See #14444. 3.) "License For Sale." KCBS, Los Angeles. An elaborate network for selling legitimate California driver licenses used for everything from getting government services to boarding commercial airlines. See # 14316. 4.) "Poor Justice? The Susan Cummings Story," KOMO, Seattle. The conviction and imprisonment of a 16-year-old girl for a murder she may not have committed. See #14305. 5.) "Military Medical Malpractice," WRAL, Raleigh N.C. Medical malpractice remains a well-kept military secret, with no one protecting millions of servicemen and women or their families from shocking standards and practices by inept doctors. See # 14287.
Tags: TAPE; crime; court; police; health care; veteran; hospital; foi; car; ire; no transcripts.