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Weaver on CA Sentencing Adjustment

3/30/2021

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A recent article by CAAFlog intern Ensign Jacob Weaver has been circulated on SSRN:

​Restoring the Power of the Convening Authority to Adjust Sentences

"In 2013, Congress abrogated the power of certain military officers to reduce court-martial sentences, thereby eliminating a military defendant’s best hope for efficient and effective relief from common legal errors in the military justice system. While the overhaul of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) in 2016 promised significant reform, it ultimately failed to substantially
reduce common legal errors This Note analyzes how the 2013 and 2016 reforms have combined to prevent military defendants from receiving timely and adequate relief. In light of this analysis, this Note suggests an amendment to the UCMJ that would restore to certain officers a limited authority to reduce sentences based on legal errors. Such a reform ultimately addresses the core concerns that led to the 2013 revision while simultaneously providing an efficient and effective remedy for common legal errors, furthering the UCMJ’s aim of promoting justice and maintaining good order and discipline."

Editor's note: This is a welcome addition to the CA conversation and a fine piece of scholarship, but we should be candid here. This reform is inconceivable in the current political environment. 
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Brian L. Cox link
3/31/2021 01:21:12 am

Excellent Note, and of course very timely. I agree with the Editor's note on both accounts: that this is a fine piece of scholarship *and* that the suggested reform is inconceivable in the current political climate. Let's see if we can change the current political climate to be rather more accommodating to such commendable suggestions, shall we?

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