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Air Force Major Who Called for Trump’s Impeachment Held in Solitary Confinement (truthout.org)

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Some legal experts say Jason Watson’s confinement for 24 hours a day could amount to illegal pretrial punishment.

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[-] Madison420@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

They're still under ucmj, any current or former military personnel at any time can be recalled and made to stand tribunal. If they make statements off duty and out of uniform they can say most anything they want without ucmj applying.

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