“The scope of ECMS,” [Col. John] Yarrow writes,” is extremely broad and designed to capture all military cases from first registration of offences by the six legal satellite offices to review of completed trials, including proceedings at the Court of Military Appeals”.
ECMS is sufficiently sophisticated to register cases involving multiple accused charged with multiple offences, even when charges “follow divergent paths to conclusion”. This includes preliminary investigation, trial and conviction or acquittal, referral to a civilian court, applications and decisions not to prosecute and “varied outcomes of the review process”.
ECMS is simple to operate but access is restricted to military legal practitioners (MLPs) with “read only” access available to key non-MLP personnel. On this list are chiefs of services and divisions, officers commanding level 3 and 4 force structure elements (FSEs) and domain staff officers.
Decisions of the Court of Military Appeals do not seem to be available online to the public. Perhaps this could be arranged?
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