military trial
Armed forces hearing
A military trial is a legal proceeding conducted under military law rather than civilian courts, typically for service members accused of offenses under military codes of justice.
Courts-martial are the most common form.
Military trials may also try enemy combatants or civilians in wartime: The detainees faced military trial rather than civilian prosecution.
- prosecutorGovernment's trial lawyer
- defense counselLawyer representing the accused
- convening authorityOfficial who calls tribunals
- judgeOne who decides
- chargeCost or accusation
sentencing · dishonorable discharge · arraignment · jury panel · guilty plea · appeals process · plea bargaining · legal advisor · court reporter · Leavenworth · uniform code · discovery phase · sworn statement · commanding officer · chain of command · disciplinary action · witness testimony · pretrial hearing
- trialsretrial, mistrial, dry run, practice test, pilot test
- Military Justicecourt martial, JAG, judge advocate, uniform code, dishonorable discharge
- military lawcourt martial, judge advocate, JAG, uniform code, army regulations
- military executionfiring squad, execution, death sentence, condemned, executioner
military trialcivil court
Forum for private disputes
civil trial · criminal court · federal court · state court · criminal trial
military trialsummary execution
Killing without formal trial
lynch mob · vigilante justice · mob justice · lynching · kangaroo court
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