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Recent Examples of drumhead court-martial
And men like Lang Long, a Cambodian who was trafficked and sold into the Thai fishing industry, are modern-day Billy Budds in a system that lacks even the rough justice of a drumhead court-martial.
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Alyssa Rosenberg, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2019
Alyssa Rosenberg, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drumhead court-martial
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During the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, desertions and courts-martial were rare, even after years of stalemate.—
Dexter Filkins,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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Judge Finds Sailor Not Guilty in Fire That Destroyed $1.2 Billion Navy Ship Mays was found not guilty at his court-martial in 2022, and ProPublica sued that year over the Navy’s refusal to release any court documents associated with his case.—
Ziva Branstetter,
ProPublica,
29 Jan. 2025
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The high court on Tuesday issued a ruling upholding Ford's execution.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
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Sign up for Axios Latino Sam Baker Jan 30, 2025 - Politics & Policy Trump vs. the courts: Two early fights set stage for many more to come President Trump is pushing legal boundaries by design — testing the limits of his own power and the willingness of a conservative high court to enhance it.—
Erin Doherty,
Axios,
12 Feb. 2025
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Two lawyers have lodged a lawsuit with the country's supreme court, The Guardian reported on Tuesday, in an attempt to cancel the company's concession to operate the two ports, which are located at both ends of the canal.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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Brazil Reuters — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro accused the country’s supreme court of persecuting him on Saturday after his appeal against a travel ban was rejected.—
Reuters,
CNN,
18 Jan. 2025
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In 2015, Arezzo’s criminal court sentenced Landi’s uncle, cousin and brother to between two and four and a half years in prison for fraudulent bankruptcy and misappropriation of funds.—
Atossa Araxia Abrahamian Atossa Araxia Abrahamian,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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The jury heard from 22 witnesses during about four weeks of testimony in Manhattan's criminal court.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
3 Jan. 2025
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