In my own career, I was fortunate to have served four consecutive tours as
a military trial judge, including two assignments as a chief circuit military judge.
Meanwhile, during lunch breaks and overnight, it is entirely possible that
a military trial judge is performing duties that may be less related to the role of military judge, and perhaps more related to the obligations the individual has as a military officer.
If requested by the defendant, referred to as the «accused,»
a military trial judge may hear the case «judge alone.»
That is the bottom line about a day in the life of
a military trial judge.
I served my last 10 years of a 29.5 - year military career as
a military trial judge.
Military trial judges compete for promotion within the military using the same general concepts and principles applied to their nonlegal counterparts in the military.
U.S.
military trial judges are assigned through a system of circuits or centralized location, and are then
Military trial judges serve willingly and with pride, but it is not a profession for those looking for an easy or routine life.
While in the Eastern Circuit (Washington, D.C.), I was responsible for the annual appraisal of four
military trial judges serving on active duty and two reserve military judges as well as two paralegal staff.
Not exact matches
It is not the
judges right or duty to express his personal opinions or beliefs while sitting on the bench, especially while giving a verdict.
Judges are there to make sure due process and a fair and impartial hearing or
trial takes place for all those involved.this particular
judge's rant on the muslim world based on his views from serving in the
military had absolutely no bearing on the case and should not have even been brought up much less used to chastise the victim with.
When reached by SI, Rigsby, a District of Columbia Superior Courtjudge, was getting ready, as a colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve, to deploy toIraq for a six - month stint as a
military judge overseeing
trials for murder, rape and robbery.
Here are some more startling numbers, according to the BBC: 6,000
military personnel arrested, including more than two dozen generals awaiting
trial; 9,000 police officers fired; almost 3,000
judges suspended; and more than 250 members of Prime Minister Binali Yildirim's staff removed from their posts, as have 1,500 Finance Ministry employees.
A
military judge is always appointed to each court martial, but some courts martial also include a panel, which is roughly the equivalent of a jury in civilan criminal
trials (but not the same).
Given that the
military judge presiding over the
trial, Navy Capt. Keith J. Allred, had already decided to credit the former driver for Osama bin Laden for the 61 months he has already been held, the sentence means he could finish serving his time in just five months — a far cry from the 30 - year sentence sought by prosecutors.
In contrast, a Standing Court Martial is similar to a
judge - alone criminal
trial where the
military judge wears both hats.10
Robertson's ruling came hours after a
military judge rejected Hamdan's arguments that the
military tribunals violate the Constitution's equal - protection clause because detainees are not afforded the same rights as civilians or as they would be in a traditional
military trial.
Many of them pled out in front of a
military judge, but I tried about 10 jury
trials in the span of 20 months.
In addition to completing coursework for development of leadership skills, a
military judge, like most
judges, has the «paperwork» drill that has to accompany any
trial to which he or she is detailed for service.
With the recent highlight on sexual assault in the
military, there are statistical reporting requirements that
military judges meet through filing of case reports at the end of each
trial.
As a
military judge, you may spend one tour, usually three years, on the
trial bench, and then move back into a position either in a headquarters staff as a
judge advocate general (JAG) or as a staff
judge advocate, the senior legal advisor to a commander of an installation or unit.