Monthly Archives: February 2022
Military Pretrial Restraint
You’re a U.S. military service member, you’ve been accused of a crime, and your personnel file has been flagged. You also may have been briefly taken into custody and released. What’s next? The military’s Rules for Courts-Martial (RCM) give commanding officers several options to exercise at their discretion at this point. It’s possible that… Read More »
Mickey Williams Appears on Newsy Morning Rush
Partner Mickey Williams appeared on today’s edition of Morning Rush with Alex Livingston to discuss a recent Pentagon report about sexual assault at U.S. military academies. In addition to dissecting some of the key metrics in the report, Mickey provided his thoughts on the impact of Covid on last year’s numbers as well as… Read More »
You’ve Been Accused of a Military Crime. Now What?
A lot happens in the span of time between being accused of a crime and being charged with a crime. This pre-preferral period, as it’s called, is where the military law enforcement agency (CID, NCIS, or OSI) investigates the accuser’s claims, and your chain of command gets its ducks in a row to begin… Read More »
