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Texas Dan Mosby wrote:

In reply but starting to go OT.. What is a "moral waiver" you speak of? Approved by who? When?

Here's a decent article: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/14/us/14military.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Psych cases, patterns of criminal conduct, all waived at enlistment for convenience.

I've had a few of these losers, and had to fight tooth and nail to get rid of them, despite the fact that they should have never been in uniform in the first place.

tacticool wrote:Do we know she had a criminal record before joining the military or is it more idle conjecture?

Oldgringo wrote:

WildBill wrote:

Oldgringo wrote:Aging is a curious thing, I can remember my parent's lessons of yore but I can't remember what, if anything, I had for lunch.
Why is that?

Which is more important?

WINNER!

Someone give WildBill an e-cigar and an e-brandy...hurry now.

Oldgringo wrote:Aging is a curious thing, I can remember my parent's lessons of yore but I can't remember what, if anything, I had for lunch.
Why is that?

seamusTX wrote:Going back another century or so, armies and navies took convicts out of prison and "impressed" (that is, kidnapped) idlers and neer-do-wells. Those were the days when sheer numbers could still win battles. Flogging was a standard punishment for disobedience or insubordination. - Jim

Judge Stefany Miley set the date for the jury trial for April 2, 2012, in Clark County District Court. Murry, a 21-year-old former U.S. Army police officer, is being held without bail in the Clark County Detention Center

2up1down wrote:Wonder if she was forced out of the MP Corps or honorably discharged.

Nevada Chief Justice Bob Rose told the legislative committee studying Nevada's sentencing, that mandatory minimums are especially harsh when combined with the deadly weapon rule which, in Nevada, doubles the minimum sentence for a crime.

"The deadly weapon enhancement has resulted in many many very long sentences in Nevada," he said.

"What I do object to are mandatory minimum sentences that, in some cases, prevent a district judge from tailoring a sentence to fit the offense and the broadly defined deadly weapon enhancement that doubles an already stiff sentence in most serious crimes," he said. "The end result is that we see many very, very long sentences assessed, but with no mechanism to review them.

"In my judgment, this prevents the state from making the punishment fit the crime."

seamusTX wrote:

murder with use of a deadly weapon

Not to make light of this tragedy, but is murder with a deadly weapon worse than murder with bare hands or poison? - Jim