"Unless we're talking about a military trial, where the rules and public access can be decidedly different. As an Associated Press investigation recently found, this can be a problem, especially when the victims aren't soldiers, but rather are children. . . .
"While military leaders can make a good case for a criminal-justice system that is separate and different from the civilian courts, what can't be justified is a lack of transparency. That's especially true for cases that involve civilian victims, and all the more so when those victims are children.
"It's clear that further reforms in the military-justice system are in order."
"It's clear that further reforms in the military-justice system are in order."
From this Nov. 23, 2015 editorial in the Fayetteville Observer
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