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Supreme Court Review of Military Convictions: Wall Street Journal's Law Blog has a post from Dan Slater concerning legislation that could allow for Supreme Court review of certain petitions by military service members convicted of crimes. The current law, the Uniform Code of Military Justice, allows appeal of a military conviction to the Supreme Court in limited conditions, "such as when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces has conducted a mandatory review" or "granted discretionary review of a petition." But if the court of appeals denies review, the Supreme Court will only hear the case on collateral review (e.g. a writ of habeas corpus). Slater reports the "Equal Justice for Our Military Act" would change that. If passed, the Act will allow service members to file a petition with the Supreme Court when the court of appeal denies review or a writ of extraordinary relief...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on September 30, 2008 (boomark / email).