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Military courts are stacked to convict–but not the brass. The Pentagon insists everything's just fine
BY EDWARD T. POUND
"The purpose of military law is to promote justice, to assist in maintaining good order and discipline in the armed forces, to promote efficiency and effectiveness in the military establishment, and thereby to strengthen the national security of the United States.''
–The preamble to the U.S. Manual for Courts-Martial
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