Oct 25, 2023
Relford v. Commandant and the Fifth Amendment: A landmark case for military justice.
Relford v. Commandant 5th Amendment In 1971, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a landmark decision in the case of Relford v. Commandant. The case involved a challenge to the court-martial conviction of an Army corporal for kidnapping and raping two women on a military reservation. The corporal argued that the court-martial lacked jurisdiction to try him because the crimes were not…
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