[circlecity]

"Is that to say that a court martial panel cannot convict *solely* on the weight of an admission *they themselves* heard the accused make...unless that admission was made under oath?? If so,does that differ from civilian trials? Or is the same true there as well?"

No, there is nothing in the UCMJ which requires an admission or confession be made under oath to be entered into evidence. In fact the vast majority of admissions or confessions entered into evidence were not made under oath.

[Gay State Conservative]

No, there is nothing in the UCMJ which requires an admission or confession be made under oath to be entered into evidence.

Unless I'm misunderstanding,or misreading,what "jagusafr" said there is,at least,a problem with such a scenario in a court martial.Perhaps at some point he'll respond to my earlier post and we'll if I need remedial reading classes! ;-)