Saturday, November 24, 2007

This day in legal History



And to think I enlisted in May, 1969, only to be rejected for a football knee injury.

My life sure would've been different I think.


Lt. Calley ordered court-martialed for My Lai massacre


On November 24, 1969, US Army Lt. William L. Calley was ordered to stand trial by court martial for the massacre of over 100 civilians in the Vietnamese village of My Lai in March 1968.

Read the overview of the My Lai Massacre Trial by Professor Douglas Linder of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law in JURIST's Famous Trials series.

Overview of the trial here:

http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/trials3.htm