tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post2440499488705431500..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: The Murphy Case CollapsesGeorge Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-74908369910244666912008-10-01T15:30:00.000-04:002008-10-01T15:30:00.000-04:00Stay tuned to see how spiteful AF leadership is. ...Stay tuned to see how spiteful AF leadership is. They could decide to prosecute him just to ensure the man has felony convictions which will effectively prevent him from ever having his law license restored. With the judicial process done, they can then administratively discharge him (no double jeopardy bar there) and pursue his separation from the AF with an under other than honorable conditions service characterization. That means no retirement. Yes, he'll try the same good troop defense and stand on the same privileged documents. But with the relaxed procedural & evidentiary standards that govern boards, the odds are better than 60/40 it'll go to a decision, and one that's adverse to the inestimable Mr Murphy. As for me, his BTZ promotion to civilian can't come fast enough.deskpilothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10629972811532620959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-45033508160194768552008-09-15T16:08:00.000-04:002008-09-15T16:08:00.000-04:00Mac--Sinwell isn't the judge, just the chief defen...Mac--Sinwell isn't the judge, just the chief defense counsel. I don't blame the good Colonel; his job was to defend Murphy (no mean feat), and he apparently found a novel way to get his client off, scot free. <BR/><BR/>This is a stunner, no matter how you slice it. A few months ago, virtually any military law expert you talked to was calling the Murphy prosecution a slam dunk. Now, thanks to Sinwell's tactics--and the judge's ruling--Murphy will walk away a free man, with his hefty pension intact. <BR/><BR/>I'm trying to learn the name of the WHMO official who held Murphy to his non-disclosure agreement, and set this entire, sorry process in motion. Sounds like Murphy still has some friends at the White House, and they helped him wiggle out of a major legal jam. <BR/><BR/>And BTW, don't look for the AF to mount new charges against Murphy after this debacle ends. Double jeopardy aside, they could probably find some new charges to file against him, given his 20-year history of professional malfeasence. But there are a lot of higher ups in the USAF who just want this mess to end, regardless of the legal outcome.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12712369389411084085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-69368350158454432452008-09-15T15:38:00.000-04:002008-09-15T15:38:00.000-04:00The reasoning is obvious. If those who judge righ...The reasoning is obvious. If those who judge right and wrong are themselves found to be wrong, then that immediately calls into question every judgement they've ever made--as well as those made by everyone else.<BR/><BR/>It is important to the functioning of the system that those who run it never be wrong. Therefore they aren't wrong, even when they are. They can be found to be <I>in error</I>, just as long as they aren't <I>wrong</I>.halojones-fanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05473935330204075559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-19482396128738929512008-09-15T08:23:00.000-04:002008-09-15T08:23:00.000-04:00The bottom line is that the rules said he had to h...The bottom line is that the rules said he had to have a valid law license. He did not for almost his entire career. Nothing else should matter. He is guilty of infractions based on that alone. He should be courts-martialed, jailed and stripped of his pension.owr084https://www.blogger.com/profile/01387774420107628389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-91132553931528657032008-09-13T13:56:00.000-04:002008-09-13T13:56:00.000-04:00That would be "The Delightfully Named Col. Sinwell...That would be "The Delightfully Named Col. Sinwell" wouldn't it?<BR/><BR/>As much as this outcome stinks on its own, I'm glad to see the Good Airman aspect standing intact. That feature of military law has helped far more junior enlisted than Zeros in adjudicating penalties over the years.<BR/><BR/>My very first law class began with a lecture on the differences between legal and moral thresholds. This seems to be a good example of those differencesSMSgt Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08126690689798203866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-68188337793055266672008-09-13T13:45:00.000-04:002008-09-13T13:45:00.000-04:00Well if their aim was to destroy respect for the O...Well if their aim was to destroy respect for the Officer corp and undermine good order and discipline, they could not have chosen a better way to do it.<BR/><BR/>The Judge himself needs to be brought up for courts-martial.Paul W. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07920369977856637541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-34506740572392306082008-09-12T22:19:00.000-04:002008-09-12T22:19:00.000-04:00Remind me to remember this when the next E-1, 2 or...Remind me to remember this when the next E-1, 2 or 3 leaves with a BCD for DWI's why we have two standards and we let people like this prosecute them.OldSarghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08391054336563427915noreply@blogger.com