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Recent Examples of drumhead court-martial
And men like Lang Long, a Cambodian who was trafficked and sold into the Thai fishing industry, are modern-day Billy Budds in a system that lacks even the rough justice of a drumhead court-martial.
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Alyssa Rosenberg, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2019
Alyssa Rosenberg, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drumhead court-martial
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Contacted about these military criminal charges and his 2019 court-martial, Nelson downplayed their relevance to his life now.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
1 Apr. 2025
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He later was acquitted of the six counts, including insubordination, but the court-martial prevented him from deploying to fight in Europe with his battalion.—
Terence Moore,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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The case dragged on until September 1972, when the Israeli high court denied him citizenship.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
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Wisconsin’s high court will maintain a liberal majority after Crawford’s win and will likely determine redistricting for the Badger State ahead of midterm elections and the 2028 presidential race.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
2 Apr. 2025
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High voter engagement Turnout was exceptionally high for a spring election and a judicial race, potentially surpassing 2.4 million voters, far exceeding the 2023 state supreme court race, according to CBS News estimates.—
Fin Daniel Gómez,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2025
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The voters of Wisconsin cast their vote yesterday in a race for a vacant seat on the state’s supreme court, as ideological control of the court hung in the balance at a critical moment for Wisconsin’s future.—
The Editors,
National Review,
2 Apr. 2025
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Last month, Ruggia was sentenced by the Paris criminal court to a four-year jail term, with two years of home detention.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Apr. 2025
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French far-right leader Marine Le Pen was found guilty of embezzlement by a Paris criminal court.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Drumhead court-martial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drumhead%20court-martial. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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