Military lawyer/blogger sheds light on military justice systemONLINE EXCLUSIVE
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June 15, 2010 I came across Dwight Sullivan’s writing almost by accident. I was following a military trial for an article series. Often bumping into confusing terminology and protocol, I realized the military justice system differs sharply in some ways from the civilian justice system. I also learned that some high profile media outlets were in the same boat I was in.
Doing a Web search for information, I found the military justice blog CAAFlog. There’s a descriptive in the blog header that told me the blog creators weren’t some dry group of government attorneys. The subheader said, “Military justice blogs are to blogs as military music is to music.”
Once I began to read there, I was captivated. Sullivan, who works as a civilian lawyer for the Air Force in Washington, was blogging the trial I was following. And he was doing it in serial format, covering each day’s proceedings in minute detail. Not only that, this attorney could write. I knew many others were following his coverage because of the comments. And I knew why—each day was like one a segment in a movie mini-series. You can’t wait to tune in to see what happens next.
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