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COURT MARTIAL. A court authorized by the articles of war, for the trial of
all offenders in the army or navy, for military offences. Article 64,
directs that general courts martial may consist of any number of
commissioned officers, from five to thirteen, inclusively; but they shall
not consist of less than thirteen, where the number can be convened, without
manifest injury to the service.
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Redacted is a fictionalised version of a genuine event in Iraq, the gang rape of a 14-year-old girl in Mahmudiyah, south of Baghdad, and her murder, along with her parents and sister, which have resulted in court martials and heavy sentences. The terminology was defined by military case law following the court martials associated with Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland, in the late 1990s. Fields' 40-year unbroken winning streak began in 1952 when, fresh out of Harvard Law, he entered military service and began handling court martials, representing both defendants and the military. |
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