Mistrial declared in war objector court-martial
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FORT LEWIS, Washington  - A military judge declared a mistrial on Wednesday and set a new trial date for the court-martial of a U.S. Army officer who publicly refused to fight in Iraq and criticized the war.
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A District judge declared a mistrial on Monday on most of the counts against an Islamic charity and several men linked to it who were accused of illegally funneling over $12 million to the militant Palestinian group Hamas.
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The Army has thrown out the conviction of the only officer court-martialed in the Abu Ghraib scandal, bringing an end to the four-year investigation and drawing complaints from human rights activists of a Pentagon whitewash.
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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - A Marine reservist was found guilty Thursday of dereliction of duty and the abuse of prisoners last year at a makeshift detention camp in Iraq, but cleared of assaulting a 52-year-old Iraqi man who later died there...
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A jury must determine whether a Marine reservist committed an act of murder or self-defense when he killed an Iraqi soldier at a guard post in Fallujah last year.
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MONTREAL (CP) - A judge declared a mistrial in a first-degree murder case Wednesday after the recent suicide of a Montreal police officer who was the lead detective in the case.
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A laywer for a soldier accused in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal claims that public positions taken by President Bush and military leaders have made it impossible for his client to get a fair trial by a military jury.
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FARMVILLE, Va. - A judge declared a mistrial in an attempted-murder case after the defense lawyer said he couldn't continue his closing statement because he had lost his train of thought. Judge Ernest P. Gates Sr. also suggested that attorney James E. Sheffield seek medical help.
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The only Army officer to face a court-martial for the notorious detainee abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq was exonerated of mistreating detainees by a military jury yesterday, ending a series of prosecutions that stretched over more than three years.
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A jury of Marine Corps officers on Wednesday found a major guilty of maltreatment and dereliction of duty in connection with the death of an Iraqi inmate, but acquitted him of the most serious charge of assault and battery.
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A member of Pfc. Lynndie England's defense team said Friday that the Army will soon announce it will court-martial the reservist, one of the most recognizable figures in the abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad.
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FORT LEWIS, Wash  - The U.S. government began its case against an Army officer being court-martialed for refusing to fight in Iraq by accusing him on Tuesday of making "disgraceful" statements and abandoning his unit.
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Before a jury was even seated, a judge declared a mistrial Thursday in a sex-assault case where he had barred the words "rape" and "victim" among others.
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A jury was chosen Monday in the court-martial of a military dog handler charged with abusing detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
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Defense lawyers in the Jose Padilla terrorism support trial asked the judge to declare a mistrial Thursday after a juror saw one of Padilla's co-defendants in shackles outside the courtroom.
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An Army  reservist who checked himself into a civilian psychiatric hospital after being turned away from a military clinic should be court-martialed for being absent without leave, according to an Army report.
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Charles Jenkins, a US military serviceman, received a minor sentence Wednesday to 30 days in confinement and dishonorable discharge by a US court-martial for his desertion in 1960s, the US Army said.