When I first went into legal (court reporting) from infantry, I thought that the worst I would be seeing was some AWOLs, disrespects, some minor drug-usage/sale offenses, the normal type of (what I later found out to be) non-judicial/Captain's Mast type of stuff. My first three cases were an aggravated murder/rape/mutilation case; a child molestation/child endangerment/murder case; and a murder-for-hire case.
Shows you how naive I was ...
Anyway, now, the max penalty for a BCD Special case has increased to one year confinement and two-thirds forfeiture per month for one year (up from six months for both). And we NEVER see regular Special courts-martial (the ones that didn't authorize a kick) anymore.