Army Officer Sentenced to 53 Years in Prison on 20 Rape, Sexual Assault Convictions
An Army officer on Tuesday was sentenced to 53 years in prison on 20 charges related to rape, sexual assault and aggravated assault by strangulation. Maj. Jonathan Batt’s convictions stem from six rape counts and 14 additional violent sexual assault charges tied to eight of 15 women who testified during a three-week court-martial at Fort […]
First Convictions for Migrants Who Crossed into New Military Border Zones
U.S. attorneys in New Mexico and Texas are announcing some of the first convictions against migrants who crossed into newly created military zones along the southern border — a tactic by the Trump administration to deter crossings and increase legal penalties. Two Mexican citizens pleaded guilty to a violation of defense property security regulations and […]
'The MARSOC 3 Are Free': Drinking Convictions Dismissed Against Marine Raiders, Ending 6-Year Legal Saga
A military court of appeals on Friday dismissed the final convictions against two Marine Raiders embroiled in a yearslong legal saga stemming from the 2019 death of a Green Beret veteran working as a contractor in Iraq, ending a winding chronicle that rattled the military justice system. The Marines, along with Navy Chief Petty Officer […]
Buffalo Soldiers Receive New VA Headstones Following Army Decision to Overturn Convictions
More than 100 years after they were convicted of mutiny and murder and hanged for the 1917 Houston Riot, 17 Black soldiers have finally received military burial honors along with new headstones reflecting the honorable discharges the Army awarded them last year. In a solemn ceremony Thursday at the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in […]
More Than 100 Years Later, Army Overturns Convictions of 110 Black Soldiers After 1917 Houston Riots
The Army overturned the convictions of 110 Black soldiers charged with mutiny, assault and murder after the 1917 “Houston Riot” — a deadly fray spurred by racial tension in Jim Crow Texas that saw more than 100 troops march from their camp into the city after police pistol-whipped and shot at a Black corporal. The […]