Sunday, May 10, 2020

Marine Corps courts-martial

The U.S. Marine Corps' summary of special and general courts-martial results for March 2020 makes fascinating reading. The Corps conducted 21 such courts during the reporting period. Of these, there were 19 convictions and 2 acquittals. Of the 19 convictions, 18 were pursuant to pretrial agreements. Of the two cases tried with members, one resulted in a conviction and the other resulted in an acquittal.

In February 2020, there were 20 special and general courts, with 19 convictions and one acquittal. Eighteen of the convictions involved pretrial agreements. The acquittal was a bench trial.

U.S. Marine Corps data for other months can be found here. BZ to the Judge Advocate Division for user-friendly access to this important information.

U.S. Navy court-martial results of trial can be found here. U.S. Air Force court-martial results are tabulated as well on a monthly basis, as here, but we have been unable to identify a single webpage that assembles them. The U.S. Coast Guard's quarterly Good Order and Discipline Reports are unusually informative because they go beyond courts-martial. They can be found here. If U.S. Army results of trial are accessible by public online, we have yet to find them. (Please post a comment with the link if you have one.)

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