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1 aagcobb  Tue, Mar 12, 2013 12:03:22pm

The mere fact that the conviction was overturned is not, in and of itself, troubling. Criminal convictions get overturned all the time by appellate courts, which was the role the General was acting in. Without knowing what evidence was in the record, we can’t know if this is an injustice or not.

2 recurvata  Tue, Mar 12, 2013 12:23:26pm

Convictions are overturned for legal, technical reasons: improper evidence, failure to disclose exculpatory info, etc. Not because a judge doesn’t feel the burden of proof has been met. That’s the job of the jury. Don’t know if it’s the same in the military, but the only time a judge can do that is before the verdict.

3 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Mar 12, 2013 12:33:12pm

“If guns made women safer, the military would be the safest place of all, and it’s not.”

Paraphrased from Zerlina Maxwell’s much reviewed segment on Fox with Hannity.

4 aagcobb  Tue, Mar 12, 2013 1:17:23pm

re: #2 recurvata

Convictions are overturned for legal, technical reasons: improper evidence, failure to disclose exculpatory info, etc. Not because a judge doesn’t feel the burden of proof has been met. That’s the job of the jury. Don’t know if it’s the same in the military, but the only time a judge can do that is before the verdict.

Well, no. An appellate court, of course, is not supposed to second guess the jury’s weighing of the evidence. But if there is no evidence, he can reverse.


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