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Article 10: Not dead yet?
As most reasonable people would agree, Monty Python and the Holy Grail is one of the three best movies of all time. Remember the scene where Eric Idle is chanting “Bring out your dead,” and John Cleese brings out a man who protests that he’s not dead? If so, you’ll remember that the scene ends with Idle turning the man into an actual corpse. Today’s CAAF grant in United States v. Wilson brought that scene to mind. Will Wilson end with CAAF playing Eric Idle’s role and Article 10 playing the role of the corpse?
From time to time, I’m asked to give military justice updates. And when I do, I show a slide of a tombstone with “Article 10” written on it. Article 10 appeared to be dead letter in the wake of cases like United States v. Cossio , 64 M.J. 254 (C.A.A.F.2007), and United States v. Schuber, 70 M.J. 181 (C.A.A.F. 2011), in which trial judges found Article 10 violations only to have military appellate courts conclude that the government acted with reasonable diligence. See also United States v. Thompson, 68 M.J. 308 (C.A.A.F. 2010).
WHETHER APPELLANT WAS DENIED HIS RIGHT TO A SPEEDY TRIAL IN VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 10, UCMJ, WHEN THE GOVERNMENT FAILED TO ACT WITH REASONABLE DILIGENCE IN BRINGING HIM TO TRIAL.
United States v. Wilson, __ M.J. __, No. 13-0096/AR (C.A.A.F. Dec. 17, 2012). ACCA had affirmed in a two-sentence opinion.
If CAAF does kill off Article 10, maybe we could build a large wooden badger . . . .
I’ll bite — what are the other two movies that round out your top three?
John — Most reasonable people would agree that the other two greatest movies of all time are Raiders of the Lost Ark and Animal House.
Raiders and Animal House!?! Inconceivable!
The issue is not whether Article 10 is dead, the issue is what will be written on the headstone. And that’s on top of telling them that it will take months, sometimes years to get a preferral decision.
Let us not forget that other cinema classic about $400 handcarts, schnitzengruben, and more beans, Mr Taggart.
It just so happens that Article 10 is only MOSTLY dead. There’s a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive. With all dead, well, with all dead there’s usually only one thing you can do. Go through his clothes and look for loose change.
My Liege, methinks you are out on a limb with this one — oooops, I meant without a limb, or two, or three, or four.
The problem with attempts to revive Art. 10 with miracle pills is that you have to wait fifteen months for full potency (and you shouldn’t go swimming after administeriung them for at least . . . an hour). I hope Wilson’s counsel has fun storming the castle–it won’t be pretty.
Article 10 isn’t dead. It’s just resting.
Look Matey, I know a dead parrot when I see one, and I’m looking at one right now.
Mike, now all we need is a reference to Buttercup or Rodents of Unusual Size or how someone killed Article 10’s father and they should prepare to die, and the reference circle will be complete.
Are you an assassin? I’m a soldier. You’re neither. You’re an errand boy, sent by grocery clerks, to collect a bill.

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