Courts-Martial: A Primer
The court-martial of Jeremy Sivits, the Pennsylvania reservist charged with abusing Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison, is expected to start Wednesday. NPR's Michele Norris talks with Scott Silliman, head of the Center for Law, Ethics, and National Security at Duke University, about the difference between a special and a general court-martial, and other elements of military justice.

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