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I was born in gilbertville, massachusetts, march 10th, 1922. You just recently had a birthday, too. Yep. Now did you grow up in gilbertville . First 18 years i spent in gilbertville. And i have not spent any time since then. Is gilbertville where you would consider to be your home town . It would be considered my home town. And how many brothers and sisters did you have growing up, what was your family size and makeup . Two brothers and one sister. And where did you fit in . I was number three. Before we started recording, we were talking a bit about your family and growing up during the depression years. Could you tell me about that, what life was like for you coming up during that time . Well, my father was an irishamerican and immigrated from ireland to the United States to find a better place to live. And he and his family came over here and i have looked up their papers and found out that they had 600 for the whole family when they immigrated to the United States. My father spent
U. Where the i would look and i would think how are we hearing e a motion to dismiss a Sexual Assault case how are we even hearing this. Why are we hear . That is not a credibility determination nap is just a base level facts, have they met this burden, if youre there that tells me that something went really wrong with your case or that you didnt fully consider if this case should see the inside of a courtroom. To have it happen once, to me, is problem matic. That is an ethical call that the lawyer ought to be making. I sat as a judge a number of times ruling on motions where both sides would present evidence and facts, the motion was when did article 32 change . That is a fact. That is a fact. Experienced defense prosecutors did not give anyway fact. If done intentionally, thats an ethical violation. I dont think it was done intentionally so there is no ethical follow up, but it is an ascertainable fact. How i know, i googled, it exists. But the reality is that at the end of the day y
Okay. Thank you for joining us this morning. Were going to be looking at the perspectives of the services military Justice Division chiefs regarding conviction and acquittal rates, case of adjudication process and victim declination. Thank you. [ inaudible ] [ inaudible ] forecourt mash sal 405 as currently drafted provide an effective check against charges for which there is no probable cause. Ill start with you. So, i think for the past several years the procedural requirements have change and statutory change for the requirement for the victim to testify. And as a result, in many cases that the governments most significant evidence. In the those cases where a victim chooses to not to testify, the government is basically making its case based on the paper file. And so i will say that those changes over time have, have reduced the procedural requirements of article 32 but i still think its a valuable check. First off, there is an experienced judge advocate looking at the case and evid
Good morning, general. This afternoon with the panels so we will get the perspective of the Service Organization chiefs regarding conviction acquittal rates, case adjudication process and victim declination. I suspect we might hear something slightly different that we heard this morning but staff, could you keep this up, please. Based on the responses we put together questions and i will read the first one. This is the referral process. The defense rfi responses indicate the victim preference may play an outsized role in whether or not a Sexual Assault case goes to trial. What consideration or weight should the convening Authority Given to victims wishes regarding the disposition of a Sexual Assault case . Colonel bennetts, could you start us off . [laughter] obviously, the voice of the victim is something that should be considered but when we get too much weight to it and when the wishes and desires of the victim are going to overwhelm what the evidence should support if you have no k