- A Rare View at CG, Military Justice in Wilson Medina Case (www.capemaycountyherald.com, 5/6/08): CAPE MAY -- In what might well be an unprecedented opening to the public here May 1 at the Cape May Coast Guard Training Center of military criminal proceedings involving subject matter of the most sensitive kind, Gunner’s Mate 1st Class Wilson Medina faced his accuser, “J.M.,” a seaman assigned to Station Cape May and former recruit under his company command, in an open hearing on criminal charges he had non-consensual sex with him while the two were at Medina's home Nov. 10-11, 2007.Read More<<
- Cape May sailor testifies to being sexually assaulted by U.S. Coast Guard superior (www.pressofatlanticcity.com, 5/2/08): CAPE MAY - A sailor at Coast Guard Station Cape May on Thursday testified that he got drunk with his former company commander, passed out and woke up to find his one-time mentor sexually assaulting him.Read More<<
- Coast Guard Commander Accused Of Sodomy (www.nbc40.net, 5/2/08): CAPE MAY---An Article 32 Investigation for Petty Officer 1st Class Wilson Medina who is charged with violating two punitive Articles of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, appeared Thursday at a preliminary hearing. Held at the Coast Guard Training Center, Medina is accused of one count of abusive sexual contact and one count of forcible sodomy.Read More<<
- Miscarriages of Justice (www.realclearpolitics.com, 3/8/08): The judge handed the jury's findings to the senior member of the court. Cpl. Trent Thomas along with his attorney, Victor Kelly, slowly rose and stood while waiting to hear the court's decision... >>Read More<<
- Miscarriages of Justice (www.townhall.com, 3/7/08): The judge handed the jury's findings to the senior member of the court. Cpl. Trent Thomas along with his attorney, Victor Kelly, slowly rose and stood while waiting to hear the court's decision... >>Read More<<
- Miscarriages of justice (washingtontimes.com, 3/6/08): The judge handed the jury's findings to the senior member of the court. Cpl. Trent Thomas along with his attorney, Victor Kelly, slowly rose and stood while waiting to hear the court's decision... >>Read More<<
- Diet supplement maker wages war of nutrition (MSNBC.com, 3/3/08): Jared Wheat summons the high dudgeon of a wronged man as he lists his grievances against federal prosecutors. They have distorted the truth, smeared his reputation and harmed his thriving dietary supplement business... >>Read More<<
- Can troops who refused anthrax shots seek redress? (Militarytimes.com 12/17/2007): When a federal judge ruled in 2004 that the Pentagon's mandatory anthrax vaccine inoculation program in effect at the time essentially was illegal, it may have opened the door for everyone who had been punished for refusing the shots to get their military records corrected. >>Read More<<
- Televised Newsconference (KNBC News, 8/5/07); Conan Nolan speaks with Victor Kelley, Trent Thomas' lead civilian attorney.
- Family of Ga. soldier prepares for legal ordeal (Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 7/28/07); Victor Kelley, an expert military defense attorney based in Birmingham, said last week that the soliders now face an Article 32 investigation, which is roughly the military equivalent of a grand jury, except that it is not secret. >>Read More<<
- Defense, jury makeup likely spared Marine from prison (SeattleTimes.com, 7/23/07): Thomas, 25, could have received life in prison without the possibility of parole. Instead he was sent home to Fontana, a working-class suburb about 40 miles east of Los Angeles, with his wife, Erica, and their two small children. >>Read More<<
- No Time in Prison for Marine Convicted of Kidnapping Iraqi (NewYorkTimes.com, 7/21/07): Victor Kelley, Corporal Thomas's civilian lawyer, said he that was pleased with the sentence and that the jury members, including marines who had been wounded in Iraq, "respect Corporal Thomas because they've been there." >>Read More<<
- Marine Escapes Prison Sentence in Iraqi's Death (NCTimes.com, 7/21/07): His lead attorney, Victor Kelley, acknowledged that taking the case to trial exposed Thomas to significant jeopardy but said pleading guilty just "didn't feel right." >>Read More<<
- Marine gets no prison time for Iraqi's death (SignOnSanDiego.com, 7/21/07): "It's truly a blessing when you see God work," said Thomas, surrounded by his family and lawyers at a news conference after the sentencing. >>Read More<<
- Televised Report on Marine's Case (ksdk.com, 7/20/07)
- Marine spared prison time in death of Iraqi man (SFGate.com, 7/20/07): "Corporal Thomas is going back to the brig where he spent the last 15 months, collecting his things and then going home with his wife," said Victor Kelley, one of his attorneys. >>Read More<<
- Marine Spared Prison Time in Iraqi Death (WashingtonPost.com, 7/20/07) Thomas' attorneys argued that their client was only following orders from his squad leader and asked that he be credited for the 519 days he has already served in the brig and be returned to active duty. >>Read More<<
- Thomas escapes jail time, given a bad conduct discharge in Hamdania killing (NCTimes.com, 7/20/07): "It was a brilliant job by Thomas' attorneys," Brahms said. "Great reward comes with great risk." >>Read More<<
- Marine Convicted In Iraqi's Death Avoids Prison (NBCSanDiego.com, 7/20/07): "Corporal Thomas is going back to the brig where he spent the last 15 months, collecting his things and then going home with his wife," said Victor Kelley, one of his attorneys. >>Read More<<
- Marine acquitted of murder, convicted of conspiracy, kidnapping (NCTimes.com, 7/19/07): Thomas' lead attorney, Victor Kelley, said he was relieved that the veteran of three Iraq deployments was acquitted on the most serious count. >>Read More<<
- Life term still possible in Hamdaniya slaying (SignOnSanDiego.com, 7/19/07): "We are extremely pleased that the members found him not guilty of premeditated murder. That was our principal focus," said Victor Kelley, Thomas' lead attorney. > Read More<<
- Military Jury Convicts Marine In Iraqi Death (but acquits on most serious charge) (NBCSanDiego.com, 7/18/07): "We are extremely pleased that the members found him not guilty of premeditated murder," said Kelley. "Now that the mandatory minimum of life is off the table, the panel has a great deal of flexibility and I think they will do what is appropriate." >>Read More<<
- Iraqi man allegedly abducted, executed (SignOnSanDiego.com, 7/18/07): Kelley argued that Thomas' judgment was impaired by his post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury, plus failed leadership in his unit. >>Read More<<
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