No good deed goes unpunished.
Bttt
Prayers up for the good Major.
spreading the word.
If you are in the military and are a good man. Get out as soon as you can by any legal means.
It has gone to crap... all of it from what I can see.
Run by a bunch of communists and sodomites.
Was he found guilty by a tribunal in which he was afforded the opportunity to mount a defense?
Was there any physical evidence presented, or was he sentenced to 20 years solely on the basis of the claims of a witness found to be unreliable?
If it had been female on female or male on male sex abuse charges they would have been swept under the rug.
This is a comment made at http://www.caaflog.com/2015/01/26/media-reports-on-the-court-martial-conviction-of-army-major-erik-burris-formerly-the-chief-of-justice-for-the-82nd-airborne-division/ , based on the Article 32 Report that was uploaded to scribd at http://www.scribd.com/doc/254466182/Investigating-Officer-s-Report-US-v-Burris :
ContractLawyer says:
February 3, 2015 at 2:34 PM
“Tickle Torture” and “Tushie Squeeze.” This was one of the assaults against one of the children. There are no redactions here. Not sure if that is normal to release this without redacting vicitims’ names, even the children.
It appears that one of the children is from the ex ex wife, so it is the case of two ex-wives, though the first ex became involved only after the allegation of the second ex. One of them went to the doctor for a rash around her privates and difficulty/pain while urinating. This is something that can inflame the situation regardless of the merits of the case.
The main victim, ex-wife #2, claims that she was a virgin even though she was previously married and divorced. Her ex-husband testified that this is BS (or words to that effect). The claim is pretty much continuous rape from the marriage all the way up to the report to CID. The victim was dissatisfied that MAJ Burris did not continue to send her flowers and give her bubble baths like he did when they first met on Match.com. The victim testified that she did not have access to a bank account set up for her by MAJ Burris, but yet bank statements showed that she made withdrawals and wrote checks on the account. MAJ Burris was also guilty according to the victim of “unsafe gun storage,” though the only photo produced was a picture of ammo and a cleaning kit. Ironically, the facts state that MAJ Burris even purchased his wife a 9MM. If ten percent of what she claims is true, she should have used it (on him). Testimony shows MAJ Burris was passed over for promotion and had some performance issues, though that is not an indicator of guilt. The victim testified that their daughter is a result of a rape and that she informed her mother the day after that rape, though the mother testified she did not hear of it until the hearing for the protective order. Generic allegations about bathtub abuse. There are other references that are not described in the report.
Though the IO did not recommend court-martial, she did recommend an Art. 15 or GOMOR and a Show Cause Board for some of the charges.
We do not have the transcript here and I am not sure if this will be coming, but this does show more information than I have seen so far. If additional transcripts of the 32 or ROT become available, I am not reading it except to review the victim testimony to see how all the factual inconsistencies were handled on direct and cross. Or perhaps there motions to avoid most of the damaging testimony? In any case, if the Government managed to keep out the damaging information, then the Art 32 experience allowed them to improve their case.
One thing is for sure, regardless of guilt or innocence, any man who considers dating or marrying this woman should give this a read.
Of course Obama is purging hundreds of officers from the military if they refuse to sign statements agreeing with his positions on homosexuality, transgenderism, etc.
Active Duty ping.