The Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) is considerably stricter than ordinary civilian laws are.
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The nine service members were charged with violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
The Uniform Code of Military Justice limits what soldiers may say about political issues.
And then, Talley's leaders charged him with violating the code of military justice, and they demoted him.
Bales, although American officials are moving ahead with a case based on U.S. Uniform Code of Military Justice.
We have to start at the beginning, and I would suggest we do that with the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
The 29-year-old Navy petty officer found a loophole in the Uniform Code of Military Justice called the Military Whistleblower Protection Act.
McClendon was charged May 14 with violating four articles of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, but some of the allegations date back to 2009.
He was charged May 14 with violating four articles of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, but some of the allegations date back to 2009.
OTH's (other-than-honorable discharges) are given to Marines who grossly violate the UCMJ (Uniform Code of Military Justice), as in drug use, excessive DUI's, adultery, etc.
But Dell'Orto warned that the other option Congress is considering, a modified version of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, could put American troops in danger.
The investigation includes an assessment of what led to the soldiers' actions and will determine whether the Uniform Code of Military Justice was violated, Chambers said.
Under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, every military defendant has at least one military lawyer assigned to him or her at no cost to the defendant.
The Court said that military commissions have historically been conducted within the confines of the rules laid down under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, the UCMJ.
The Uniform Code of Military Justice gives a convening authority the "sole discretion" to reduce or set aside guilty verdicts and sentences, or to reverse a jury's verdict.
But while West's supporters call him a hero, military prosecutors said his actions amounted to torture and violated articles 128 and 134 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
For one thing, the Pentagon statement clarifying that military personnel would not be court-martialed if they "evangelize" also said that "proselytization" is considered a Uniform Code of Military Justice offense.
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Indeed, said Stevens, both the Uniform Code of Military Justice and the Geneva Conventions require that war crimes trials be conducted by regularly constituted courts, not special courts with special rules.
Yes, they concede, military action of necessity allows the detention of prisoners seized on the battlefield, but it does not authorize trials outside the rules set down by the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
The U.S. military is conducting its own investigation and will mete out "punishment, if appropriate ... in accordance with established policies and the Uniform Code of Military Justice, " the Southern Command said in its statement.
Contractors working directly for the Pentagon fall under a separate law, the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act, whereas those serving with American troops may be prosecuted under another law, known as the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
But the very effort to ensure the fairness of prosecutions under the Uniform Code of Military Justice depends on a principle that contributes to the protracted and confidential nature of such prosecutions: preventing command interference with the proceedings.
The omnipresent obligations associated with the law are already addressed throughout all phases of military planning and mission execution, by virtue of the DoD Law of War Program, the Law of Armed Conflict, the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and Rules of Engagement.
Mr. FIDELL: They added charges of conduct unbecoming an officer under Article 133 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and that's a way of putting on the table some of the things that Lieutenant Watada is accused of having said that are problematic - particularly problematic from the military standpoint.
The Court said that nothing in the record of the case demonstrates any reason why Hamdan could not be tried under the Military Code of Justice.
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