Many experts in military law consider the term military justice a contradiction
in terms. For example, you are charged with a crime by the military. The judge
is military, The prosecuting attourney is military, your defense attourney is
military and the entire jury is military. There is no representation that is in
any way neutral or objective. And we know the the military follows the orders
of superior officers. Where is the justice? Now lets extend that to civilian
life. You have an
argument with a neighbor and he takes you to court. When you get to court you
find the judge is your neighbors cousin. The prosecuting attourney is one of
the neighbors sons and his other son is your defense attourney. The entire
jury consists of his family. Now you have an exmple of miliitary justice which
all too often is no justice at all.


Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
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