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<blockquote data-quote="Jones" data-source="post: 647942" data-attributes="member: 4805"><p>I did not see the fox news story, so I can't address that. I'll take your word that they misrepresented the sequence of legal events. I'm not sure that you understand the implications of NJP vs a court martial or why the SEALS chose one over the other. NJP (non judicial punishment) in exactly what it says. The unit commander (one man) conducts the investigation, pronounces guilt, and hands out punishment. There is no equivalent for this in the civilian court system. All service members have the right to refuse NJP if they feel they are being unfairly punished. At that time the commander will make a decision as to whether or not to pursue a court martial (it's not automatic), so in that sense the fox news story was correct - the military <em>chose</em> to court martial these men after they refused NJP (as is their right).</p><p>You said you are not convicting these guys before their trial, yet in your first post you said this:</p><p><em>"The truth of the matter is simple. They captured the man, they roughed him up, they had a chance to admit and take a lesser punishment but they decided to LIE, INTERFERE in an INVESTIGATION</em>"</p><p>How can you possibly know the truth of the matter before these guys have had a chance to defend themselves in a court of law?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jones, post: 647942, member: 4805"] I did not see the fox news story, so I can't address that. I'll take your word that they misrepresented the sequence of legal events. I'm not sure that you understand the implications of NJP vs a court martial or why the SEALS chose one over the other. NJP (non judicial punishment) in exactly what it says. The unit commander (one man) conducts the investigation, pronounces guilt, and hands out punishment. There is no equivalent for this in the civilian court system. All service members have the right to refuse NJP if they feel they are being unfairly punished. At that time the commander will make a decision as to whether or not to pursue a court martial (it's not automatic), so in that sense the fox news story was correct - the military [I]chose[/I] to court martial these men after they refused NJP (as is their right). You said you are not convicting these guys before their trial, yet in your first post you said this: [I]"The truth of the matter is simple. They captured the man, they roughed him up, they had a chance to admit and take a lesser punishment but they decided to LIE, INTERFERE in an INVESTIGATION[/I]" How can you possibly know the truth of the matter before these guys have had a chance to defend themselves in a court of law? [/QUOTE]
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