Any soldier who commits a military crime is court-martialled, i.e. tried by a military court.
Second Lieutenant William Calley was court martialled and convicted for the events at My Lai.
Any soldier who commits a military crime is court-martialled, i.e. tried by a military court.
platoon leader Lt. William Calley
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This is usually carried out by a "Military Tribunal", but may also be done by a senior officer, or in some cases, by a standard criminal or civil court. Many times it is simply called a "court martial", which means military court. This is where the term "court martial" comes from, as in "The soldier was court martialled,"
There are currently six men on the supreme court.
In the US Military, a member of the armed forces, with few exceptions, is not tried by a US State or Federal Court. A court martial is a military tribunal set up to try a military member of a crime.
the supreme court consisted of 6 men at the time
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