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unusual facts about military court



Gerhard Sommer

On 22 June 2005, Sommer and nine other former SS members were convicted by an Italian military court in La Spezia for the "continued murder with special cruelty" of 560 villagers at Sant'Anna di Stazzema.

Tjostolv Moland

On 8 September 2009, a DRC military tribunal in Kisangani (the capital of Orientale Province) found them both guilty of all charges and sentenced them to death.


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2011 Helmand Province incident

The verdict (8 November 2013) and sentence (6 December 2013) were both delivered at the Military Court Centre in Bulford, Wiltshire.

Ces dames préfèrent le mambo

The captain lives incognito on an island in Middle America since he has been accused of causing an accident and didn't trust the military court.

George Plant

Justice minister Gerald Boland transferred the case to a Special Military Court with army officers acting as judges.

Hula massacre

The military court rejected this defence but gave Lahis a postponement so that he could appeal this point to the High Court of Justice.

Nurullah Tevfik Ağansoy

Prior to 1980 Turkish coup d'etat, he was arrested by the Military Court No. 1 on May 20, 1979 on allegations of his involvement in killing and wounding persons and various bombings in Şişli and Gültepe in İstanbul.

Robert de Foy

From 1922 to 1925 he was a judge within the military court in the Belgian army of occupation of the Ruhr, Germany.

Ryan Weemer

Ryan G. Weemer is a former Marine from Hindsboro, Illinois, who was tried in a military court for war crimes that were allegedly committed while he was on active duty during the Iraq War.

Sohail Sangi

Sangi was arrested in July 1980 and he along with Jam Saqi, Prof Jamal Naqvi, Badar Abro, Kamal Warsi and Shabbir Shar was tried by Special Military court in 1982-83 for bringing socialist revolution in Pakistan.

The Crime of Cuenca

The torture scenes are depicted in great detail and crudity and the movie was initially banned in Spain and the director subjected to military courts martial.