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The UCMJ was enacted in 1951, prior to that each service had their own set of legal regulations which changed during peacetime and wartime. The UCMJ was developed to make the legal system uniform ...
President Joe Biden pledged to use his clemency powers to right "an historic wrong." Why did it fall so short of its promise?
The largest overhaul of the Uniform Code of Military Justice since its creation in 1950 removes commanders’ authority over cases of sexual assault and a handful of other high-profile crimes.
The United States military is this year executing the most historic and transformative change to military justice since the creation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice in 1950. On Dec. 28 ...
The final step needed to change the Uniform Code of Military Justice under the law was a presidential executive order. Lawmakers directed Biden to issue it by December 2023.
The final step needed to change the Uniform Code of Military Justice under the law was a presidential executive order. Lawmakers directed Biden to issue it by December 2023.
A gavel lays on the Uniform Code of Military Justice at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. (Airman 1st Class Nicolas Z. Erwin/Air Force) Sweeping changes to how sexual assaults and other serious ...
President Biden on Friday is poised to sign a new executive order that will clear the way for major changes to the Uniform Code of Military Justice for the first time in decades, taking authority ...
President Joe Biden on Friday ordered a historic change to the Uniform Code of Military Justice by transferring key decision-making authorities outside the military chain of command in cases of ...
Our military and military justice system should not be used as a tool to score political points, according to retired U.S. Army colonel Lisa Schenck, who has over 30 years of experience with the ...
Karen Hecker, military law expert with the law offices of David P. Sheldon, in Washington, D.C., joins Larry. Ms. Hecker served on active duty in the Air Force, both as a trial and defense counsel ...
Read full article: Texas Navy sailor found dead in Virginia, another sailor in custody A 21-year-old Navy sailor, Angelina Resendiz from Texas, was found dead in a wooded area in Norfolk, Virginia ...