The decision by Col. Matthew N. McCall, the fourth judge to hold hearings in the case, disappointed families of some of the victims, who said it would result in more delays.
Eugene R. Fidell is a Visiting Lecturer and Senior Research Scholar at Yale Law School. He is a former President of the National Institute of Military Justice, has edited the Global Military Justice Reform blog since founding it in 2014, and is a co-author of Military Justice: Cases and Materials (Carolina Academic Press 4th ed. 2023) (forthcoming). He served as a judge advocate in the U.S. Coast Guard.