Talk:Court-martial

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General and special court-martial convictions are equivalent to federal court convictions.

This sentence was not clear. Equivalent in what way? Tempshill 00:14, 8 May 2004 (UTC)

== This isn't very much information at all. I'd like to know the degree of various offenses and whatt punishments normally result for common offenses. For example - AWOL, insubordination, striking a commanding officer, fighting, etc.

[edit] Six?

There is no capital punishment in the military, though immediately prior to its complete abolition in 1998, it was available for six offences: [1]Serious Misconduct in Action; [2]Communicating with the Enemy; [3]Aiding the Enemy or Furnishing Supplies; [4]Obstructing Operations or Giving False Air Signals; [5]Mutiny, Incitement to Mutiny or Failure to Suppress a Mutiny.

Assuming the semicolons are correctly placed, there are only five listed. I've added the bold numbers to the above to make it easier to see what I mean. Loganberry (Talk) 05:43, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Delete Courts-martial in the U.S.

My recommendation is to completely delete the section on courts-martial in the U.S. and simply leave a link to the main article. The main article is far more comprehensive and it seems redundant to have both. It duplicates the work to edit as well. Hadrian Penn 02:07, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DCM can do how much???

"There are two types of courts-martial: the District Court-Martial (DCM) which may punish the accused with up to two years imprisonment and the General Court-Martial (GCM). A District Court-Martial which may punish the accused with up to life imprisonment if the offence is serious enough. "

1. The second sentence is not complete. 2. Which is it... "District Court-Martial (DCM) which may punish the accused with up to two years imprisonment" or " District Court-Martial which may punish the accused with up to life imprisonment"? Should the second sentence say 'a GENERAL Court-Martial'? If not, what can a GCM do?

Thanks - J