While u. S. Secretary of state might bump aoe has been visiting denmark on the agenda bus waiting copenhagen to backtrack on the controversial nord stream to pipeline denmark has just given the go ahead for construction work to resume but from pale hopes to get the danes to change their minds the u. S. Believes the pipeline will make germany too dependent on russian gas. Last week on paper Want Companies working on the project they would be subject to u. S. Penalties if they didnt and that involvement. In the baltic sea gas pipeline north stream 2 is still moving forward albeit slowly the u. S. Has threatened sanctions for Companies Participating in the project so right now there is just one russian ship laying the pipes for the remaining 160 kilometers. The pipeline runs parallel to the north stream one pipeline from russia to germany 1200 kilometers across the baltic once complete it will allow russia to supply double the current volume of gas the United States says germany is making
E a boast some of the most stunning natural meaning in chile. The region has been called the chilean switzerland not just for the mountains but also because of the 22000 swiss immigrants who arrived here in the late 19th century. February is harvest season in chile. Ever it looks in and his brother harold run son to rosa a farm covering some 60 hectares of land. The 2 men are proud of their property and of what their forefathers built up. But the land they call home is also being claimed by their neighbors members of them up to change. Some of the Indigenous People who work on the looks in this field as farm hands during the harvest get paid by quantity im not very much. Each other im approaching insists the land belongs to van and not the man of swiss descent. He either has the sin with the. Weve always had good relations with our neighbors but its to get rid of that your family have been living in this region since 1000 or 8 more than 100 years. With notes and 100 us military thats t
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
Thank you very much for coming today. Were going to talk about the perspectives of the Services Special Victim Counsel, Program Manager regarding conviction and acquittal rates, the case adjudication process and the victim declination in the military justice process. So thank you all. Some of the responses to the committee raised concerns that the judge advocate lacked expensive experience dealing specifically with Sexual Assault cases other responses indicated due to the limited scope of article 32 preliminary hearing officers do not have all the information needed to make a probable cause determination that is binding. The overall assessment was the staff judge advocate who is often more experienced is in a better position to advise the convening authority on probable cause. Should a judge advocate, sitting as a preliminary hearing officer serve in that role only if if he or she has significant litigation experience in Sexual Assault cases . Maam, the ideal would be yes, you would wa
Next, look into the military justice process when it comes to Sexual Assault trial. During a Defense Department Advisory Committee meeting, several Trial Defense Service organization chiefs from different branches, talk about conviction and acquittal rates and the adjudication process. We are continuing with panel three. Regarding conviction acquittal rates, case adjudication process and victim declination. I suspect we might hear Something Different than we heard this morning. We just pull together questions. I will read the first one. It concerns the referral process. The responses indicate victim preference may play an outsized role into whether or not a Sexual Assault case is referred to trial. What consideration should the authority get to victims wishes, regarding the disposition of a Sexual Assault case. Colonel bennett, could you start us off . Would you be sure to hit the button please . The voice of the victim is something that should be considered. When we give too much weig