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In reply to the discussion: Chelsea Manning Faces Possible Charges For Suicide Attempt [View all]merrily
(45,251 posts)40. Yes.
I hate working with PDF, but here is the blurb off a google search I just did
prosecutorial power and the legitimacy of the military justice system
harvardlawreview.org/wp-content/.../prosecutorial_power.pdf
Harvard Law Review
Because of these great powers, a prosecutor has a duty beyond that of an ordinary ... Prosecutorial discretion is similarly broad in the military justice system ...
And I will tell you what I'd bet my life on without even googling: no military prosecutor is under a duty to hit someone who in already in prison serving 35 years with new charge in under a month from the suicide attempt.
Anyone seeing any of this as SOP...I don't get it.
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I am not smart enough to know that. But I know it sounds brutish, sadistic cruel and
merrily
Jul 2016
#21
I know they have that in civilian courts but do the prosecutors for the military have it as well?
cstanleytech
Jul 2016
#25
Clueless, distasteful post. For your own sake, you should consider a self delete.
merrily
Jul 2016
#15
I was just wondering if you also thought the invasion was wrong and that you also thought that
xocet
Jul 2016
#41
Your point is absolutely true in the context you intend. My point is that the entire idea of
xocet
Jul 2016
#75
Many thought Jackie Robinson earned his court-martial and prosecution in 1944 as well.
LanternWaste
Jul 2016
#48
Indefinite solitary confinement? That's just torture, and should be illegal...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2016
#72