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Col. Sullivan on the New Kennedy Briefs

By Corey Rayburnyung

Colonel Sullivan at CAAFlog had some critical remarks for the new brief by Kennedy in Kennedy v. Louisiana:Kennedy's brief displayed unfamiliarity with the military justice system. Any number of military justice experts would have made themselves available to help Kennedy's counsel, but it's clear that no sought assistance was accepted. Since petitioner knew that the Acting SG's brief would be prepared with the assistance of the DoD General Counsel's office -- and, in fact, two highly distinguished retired judge advocates had signed onto the Acting SG's previous motion for leave to file a brief in support of rehearing before also signing onto today's brief from the Acting SG -- why wouldn't petitioner's team have sought out reinforcements to keep from being outgunned on the military justice flank? For whatever reason, they didn't and it shows...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on September 18, 2008 (boomark / email).