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Honor and Dishonor

February 16, 2013 7:45 PM

Two women are dead and the prime suspect is a decorated soldier. Can the Army convict one of its own? Richard Schlesinger offers a rare look inside the Army's JAG judicial system.

The trials of Sgt. Brent Burke
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by chgojack May 27, 2013 5:52 AM EDT
I'm not sure he did it but I don't think he did it beyond a reasonable doubt. What bothers me is that kid who had confessed he did it.
And I can tell you, having been court martial myself, there is no such thing as military justice. There is not trial by your peers, you are judged by some officer.
By training, officers look down on enlisted like cattle. This was such a clear example of double jeopardy.
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by sehrone April 21, 2013 6:05 AM EDT
Whatever happened to her ex-husband? Karen Comer's son?? Where is he? Has anyone ever directed anything to him?
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by Musicaltardis March 28, 2013 11:02 PM EDT
On the day my brother was murdered, he pointed out his attacker to the medics and yet the Van Nuys police department threw out physical evidence and to this day have not prosecuted his killer. I watch these shows and am amazed at how people can be convicted of these crimes with so little evidence and yet my brother still has no justice even though he himself singled out his killer to witnesses. I guess one dead Marine means nothing to this country.
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by royakk March 18, 2013 12:16 PM EDT
i have doubts he did it.
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by ssiegf66 March 6, 2013 1:18 PM EST
Still confused who the grandmother was in relationship to all these people. Why did no one speak about her? Sad situation for those young children, my heart goes out.
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by ramzisaleh March 3, 2013 6:29 PM EST
he did not do it
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by el3st February 25, 2013 8:30 PM EST
Yes I believe justice was served, but I am sick to death of constantly reading about or seeing incompetant police and crime labs neglecting critical evidence, botching tests, and compromising evidence - all in a hurry to "get it over with as quickly as possible" doesn't matter who they lay the blame on for the crime.
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by TomOK19993 February 25, 2013 3:54 PM EST
He or his parents never mention something like the real killer still being out there those victims deserving justice. It's his very wife who was killed, and this guy doesn't seem to care about a thing and only talking about going back to his family. Who does he think was killed? Just some woman and another?
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by tuesdaygirl February 24, 2013 2:10 PM EST
He is a Murder hang his evil ass.........
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by ImpendingHorrors February 22, 2013 11:31 PM EST
So many things wrong with this story. Here are just a few...

1. Tracy was living with "her ex-husband's mother-in-law". [Sarcasm] Aren't such hugely extended families sweet?

2. A mistrial because the eldest son was sick?#@! So postpone the dang trial. Sheez.

3. The two female JAGs are smiling before they begin to discuss a **murder** with CBS.

4. The Army's prosecution team: a captain, a major, and a lieutenant colonel. The Army defense team: one captain. [More sarcasm] Gee, that seems fair.

YES, I think that Brent Burke is guilty, but I have a friggin' headache from the non-stop idiocy around this story.
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