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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
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Suspicious of Dreyfus as a Jew and as an outsider from the École polytechnique, unsavoury army officers secretly arrested him, brought in some forensic experts with dubious theories and convicted him of treason in a court-martial.Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 13 Dec. 2024
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The same year that the men demanded timely wages, Mathew reported on a court-martial involving a corps member serving in Grenada.Kinsey Gidick, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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TikTok is represented before the high court by Noel Francisco, who served as solicitor general during Trump's first term.Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2024
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The nonprofit regularly brings religion cases before the high court and has won eight cases since 2012.Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 13 Dec. 2024
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In addition to her role on the supreme court, Lambert volunteers as a certified suicide prevention trainer and chairs the Kentucky Judicial Mental Health Commission.Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 26 Nov. 2024
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The DeSantis administration appealed to the state’s supreme court in an unsuccessful attempt to get the initiative struck from the ballot.Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2024
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There is still much work to be done in criminal court, and our office will continue to diligently prosecute cases with integrity, fairness, and commitment to the rule of law.Charmaine Patterson, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
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His arraignment was pending in Brooklyn criminal court.Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Drumhead court-martial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drumhead%20court-martial. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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