Vindication in Kenya

Kenya's Employment and Labor Relations Court has granted substantial damages to a former Army officer who was discharged from the service after the High Court overturned his court-martial conviction. The lateast decision is discussed here. The High Court's decision is Nyambok v. Republic, Crim. App. No. 3 of 2018 (Kenya High Ct. 2020).

New judges named down under

Attorney General Mark Dreyfus has announced five impressive appointments (including one reappointment) to the Defence Force Discipline Appeals Tribunal of Australia. Details can be found here.

No deal

President Joe Biden has nixed any deal with Guantánamo military commission defendants that would not only avoid the death penalty but would also protect them from solitary confinement and guarantee care for trauma due to torture. Carol Rosenberg and Charlie Savage of The New York Times have the story here.

Hasan decision

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces today handed down a 118-page decision unanimously affirming the capital case of United States v. Major Nidal M. Hasan, No. 21-0193. The Opinion of the Court was delivered by Chief Judge Kevin A. Ohlson.

Dr. Hasan has a right to seek reconsideration. He may also file a petition for a writ of certiorari with the Supreme Court of the United States.

The last U.S. soldier to be executed following conviction by a court-martial was Army Private John A. Bennett, who was hanged at the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks, Ft. Leavenworth, KS, in 1961.

About that mutiny . . .

What, again? Yep, it's the USS Caine.  Check here for specifics about the new film version of Herman Wouk's prize-winning World War II classic. (He served in USS Zane (DMS-14), left.)