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\nAir Force Tech. Sgt. Keith A. Snyder with his late wife, Jessica, who died in 2015 after a long struggle with mixed connective tissue disease. (Photo Courtesy of Air Force Tech. Sgt. Keith A. Snyder)<\/p>\n
\nAir Force Tech. Sgt. Keith A. Snyder with his late wife, Jessica, who died in 2015 after a long struggle with mixed connective tissue disease. (Photo Courtesy of Air Force Tech. Sgt. Keith A. Snyder)<\/p>\n
On the heels of cases of Undue Command Influence and Military Prosecutors playing fast and loose with the accused’s Civil Rights, Mason sends us a link to a case of due process violation. Tech. Sgt. Keith A. Snyder was accused of sexual assault, but the case was thrown out by the Judge, Col. W. Shane Cohen. The court-martial\u2019s convening authority, Maj. Gen. Stephen N. Whiting, refused to order evidence from Snyder’s accusers requested by his defense attorneys. From the article by Rowan Scarborough<\/strong>:<\/p>\n A military judge has bucked a two-star general by throwing out a sexual assault case against a sergeant at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida.<\/p>\n Col. W. Shane Cohen, the judge, made a rare decision in the military criminal justice system by specifically citing the actions of Maj. Gen. Stephen N. Whiting, the court-martial\u2019s convening authority, or overseer, as the reason he dismissed all charges against Tech. Sgt. Keith A. Snyder.<\/p>\n In a 13-page decision, Col. Cohen chastised Gen. Whiting for refusing to require the women who accused Sgt. Snyder of assault to turn over their social media communications and devices sought by defense attorneys. The prosecution issued subpoenas, but Gen. Whiting ordered lawyers not to enforce them.<\/p>\n \u201cOnce the GCMCA [Gen. Whiting] directed the trial counsel not to enforce their subpoenas, the government abdicated its obligations to the justice system,\u201d Col. Cohen ruled in his Aug. 22 decision, a copy of which was obtained by The Washington Times.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n A lesson, Flag Officers are not above the law. The rest of the article may be viewed here: Washington Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"