{"id":60799,"date":"2015-07-10T10:18:21","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T14:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=60799"},"modified":"2015-07-10T10:18:21","modified_gmt":"2015-07-10T14:18:21","slug":"charges-against-col-jeffrey-pounding-dismissed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=60799","title":{"rendered":"Charges against Col. Jeffrey Pounding dismissed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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You might remember that we discussed Colonel Jeffrey Pounding last November<\/a> when he was looking at a court martial for intentionally exposing a woman to AIDS, adultery and conduct unbecoming an officer. Well, the Army has decided that they’re going to drop the charges against him, according to the Army Times<\/a>;<\/p>\n

[Major General Jeffrey Buchanan, commander of the Military District of Washington] decided to dismiss the charges because of newly discovered evidence in the case and changes to military law based on a recent appellate opinion, Aberle said.<\/p>\n

Aberle did not specify the nature or contents of the newly discovered evidence.<\/p>\n

“The additional evidence that was discovered is of a sensitive nature and will not be disclosed in order to protect both parties,” she said.<\/p>\n

The recent appellate opinion, released Feb. 23 by the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, was for U.S. vs. Gutierrez, a case with similar charges.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here’s the decision US vs. Gutierrez (.pdf download)<\/a>, which seems to have turned on the term “likely” in regards to the transmission of the disease. It has nothing to do with the conduct or adultery charges, so I guess they were just hoping to get him on the assault charge. But, anyway, Pounding is getting away with conduct unbecoming an officer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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