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...witness, deeply involved in the Reagan Administration's secret foreign policy, is huddling with his lawyers before facing inquisitors. A Washington lobbyist who once breakfasted regularly in the White House mess is brooding over his investigation by an independent counsel. In Quantico, Va., the Marines are preparing to court-martial one of their own. In Palm Springs, Calif., a husband-and-wife televangelist team, once the adored cynosures of 500,000 faithful, are beginning another day of seclusion...
Much of the turmoil, especially among the students, was a prelude to the anniversary this week of a 1980 uprising in Kwangju. Seven years ago, after martial law was suddenly imposed throughout South Korea, rioters in the southwestern city of 700,000 took to the streets, overran ill-prepared police and seized virtually all public buildings. In response, the government mobilized a division of front-line army troops and ordered a military attack against the rebelling civilians. The result was a bloodbath that left nearly 200 people dead. Ever since, the Kwangju massacre has been associated with a group...
...nonsense procedures of military justice would get right to the punitive point, without being deflected by wimpy legal niceties. But that vision of military law is at least naive. Sergeant Lonetree and Corporal Bracy may in the end face a grimmer outcome at the hands of a court-martial, but before that can happen, they will enjoy some advantages they would not have in civilian courts...
...witness claims to have heard from someone else, which may work against the two Marines. Lonetree reportedly made damaging statements about himself and Bracy to a Marine buddy. While many civilian courts continue to require a unanimous jury verdict, only two-thirds of the jurors in a court-martial are needed for conviction -- meaning less chance that the defendants can fall back on one stubborn holdout...
...court-martial consists of a judge, who must be a qualified lawyer, plus no fewer than five jurors -- normally all officers, unless an enlisted defendant requests otherwise. The prosecutor and defense counsel must also be lawyers. But critics say the entire proceeding is conducted in the shadow of command influence. "All the paper guarantees pale compared to the weight of lots of brass," says Washington Attorney Gene Fidell, a specialist in military cases. Stories abound of unit commanders pressuring trial authorities to produce guilty verdicts and heavy sentences. In fact, the superior officer convening an Article 32 proceeding can order...