Comments on: Honor and Dishonor: The trials of Sgt. Brent Burke
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- Very bad reporting! Where are the other facts? Look into those civilian mistrials - why did you leave out the fact that the state caused the mistrials. This report is just not right!
Military lawyers presented the facts and a military panel convicted, based on the facts of the case! Not on the manner of you report! - Reply to this comment
- I do not know if he did it or not but he should never have been convicted on what they had - which was squat.
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- control freak..just get a divorce and move on with your life....no one is worth going to prison for
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- Burke was my old team leader and I spent a year or so in close contact with him. I've been following the case since it happened and was happy when I heard CBS was doing this special. After watching it, most of the information was correct, which was surprising to me. I met Tracy and the kids once we had come back from Afghanistan, good wife, good kids from what I could tell. Burke was a bit out there. Although he was a SGT, we all kind of picked on him at work and he would occasionally get angry. I could see him eventually doing what he was convicted of, and to be honest think there is about a 90% chance that he did in fact do it. With that said, I don't think he should have been convicted by the military. Typically when a service member is charged with a felony, they are immediately discharged, in order to keep the service's reputation. In this case, Burke wasn't discharged due to administrative error in my opinion. I do not see how the panel was able to find Burke guilty with such a lack of evidence. I hope Burke's appeal goes through and is able to live a normal life once again. I feel deeply for the families and the children.
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- As much as I feel sorry for the loss of these two women, I do not believe it was proven beyond a reasonable doubt that Sgt Burke committed these murders. The children were coached by their mother's family... that is obvious. Not a shred of real evidence was presented other than the supposed piece of glass... that, after 4 mistrials, was missed by the civilian courts. Bottom line... you can't make sense out of nonsense. This man should have been released... a pathetic attempt at finding justice.
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- This story is so appalling. I am really sorry for the family that lost their loved ones; however, it seems like Sgt. Burke was kept being prosecuted until he received a guilty verdict. This is so ridiculous. There were no evidences that pointed Sgt. Burke to be the murderer.
What happened to the boy that recanted the fact that he committed the crime? I am so thoroughly confused with the system. - Reply to this comment
- The question was asked what do you think is more fair,a civilian court of law or a military trial? After four mistrials the military convicts this guy in eight days! He got the shaft!These people are scared to do the right thing,they just want to convict someone to pad there own resume.They should have discharged him and let him move on with his life.THIS LOOKS BAD,
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- I took written notes during the program- there was never any evidence presented -- the military located a piece of glass on his uniform - a uniform which was in the police evidence locker for 4 years but they found 1 small piece of glass -- when I was in the military we spent allot of time crawling, jumping, in mud, in water - to locate one piece of glass and the military did not say that it actually came from the glass in the door only that it might be similar to the glass in the door; no evidence was found in the house or his vehicle; the father in law stated that he gave a 9mm to the young man the young man stated that it was a 38 - no one presented evidence that the father in law had actually owned a 9mm; the young man stated that it was a 38 which he gave to his wife, no evidence if there was a 38 in the house -- the kids were coached by the in-laws, kids do not talk in that manner unless they are coached; ( remember the number of sexual abuse cases at daycares? it turned out that the children would initially say nothing happened but after the police / doctors had talked to the children the children changed their story)) the military investigator who threatened the accused should be ashamed, he stated ""that if you lie to me its a federal offense and that we already have evidence that he was there"" but no evidence was presented in the military court; what was presented was hear say evidence which could not be proved that the dead woman actually had stated that- I believe that the military officers were instructed to find the young man guilt for the good of the army, since there was NO evidence presented at the civilian or military trials -- this is the 3rd episode in which a person was convicted without evidence: hair, blood, foot prints, anything -- the only ""evidence"" which is presented is emotion -- I fear that in the USA now and in the future actual evidence will no longer be required for a conviction--
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- We are retired military, and believe in the military code of justice, however, after watching the report on 48 hours, we heard nothing that would prove Sgt. Burkes guilt. Maybe if the whole trial in the military system was aired, there would be something to judge it on. The children who testified seemed to change their stories and the evidence was corrupted at the initial investigation. If he is guilty, then prove it beyond a reasonable doubt. Sgt. Burkes behavior did nothing to help his case. I would have found him not guilty. Sorry for the family and their loss of daughter and mother.
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