We of course followed with interest the decision to prosecute at court-martial MG Grazioplene--a retired Army officer. He appeared in civilian clothes for the various hearings because he had not been recalled to active duty. [1] The CAAF decision in United States v. Mangahas caused some rethinking. Grazioplene eventually pleaded guilty, to serious sex offenses which he committed over a significant period of time, in a Commonwealth of Virginia court. I do think that if he was convicted at court-martial his sentence could well have been much longer than what he was adjudged in the civilian case. The defense secretary has reduced a retired Army major general to the rank of second lieutenant after he pleaded guilty last year in a Virginia court to sexually assaulting his daughter while in uniform. So reports Army Times.
_____ [1] Here there is a photo of him in a not-green suit leaving the TDS Office at Fort Belvoir. True, the courtroom is in the same building.
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