WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers and women advocacy groups were shocked when a three-star general threw out the conviction and sentence of an Air Force lieutenant colonel convicted of sexual assault in Europe. But the general’s apparent authority to do that is just one way in which the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) differs from civilian law. Here are some examples:
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