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D.C. Circuit reinstates Bowe Bergdahl's court-martial conviction

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  • A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that District Judge Reggie Walton lacked authority to overturn Bowe Bergdahl's military court-martial conviction.
  • The D.C. Circuit three-judge panel ordered dismissal of Bergdahl's claims, reinstating the conviction he received for deserting his post in Afghanistan.
  • Bergdahl sued in 2021, arguing the punishment violated his Fifth Amendment due-process rights after his captivity by Taliban-allied forces.
  • Walton vacated the conviction in 2023, finding military judge Jeffrey Nance had an undisclosed conflict of interest from his application for an immigration judge position at the Justice Department.
 2026-09-02 · 4 MIN READ

Defense rests in Clancy murder trial as closing arguments near

Illustration accompanying article: Defense rests in Clancy murder trial as closing arguments near
  • The defense rested its case Friday in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial after presenting further testimony about her mental state in the period before the strangulation.
  • Prosecutors began calling rebuttal witnesses the same day, with closing arguments expected as the trial enters its final phase.
  • Clancy, 36, has pleaded not guilty to murder charges in the deaths of Callan, Dawson and Cora Clancy, who ranged in age from 8 months to 5 years old.
  • Clancy remains paralyzed from the waist down after jumping from a second-story window at the family's coastal Duxbury, Massachusetts home, where the children's bodies were found in the basement, the AP reported.
 2026-08-21 · 3 MIN READ
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