Evaluation of Post-Trial Reviews of Courts-Martial within the Department of the Navy

In its Report on the National Defense Authorization Act for 2010, the Senate Armed Services Committee directed the DoDIG to review the systems, policies and procedures for post-trial review of courts-martial in the Department of the Navy DON and to assess their adequacy see Appendix A. We announced the review on November 4, 2009. After assembling a team with the required expertise, we began field work in February 2010, focusing on the following specific objectives The history of Navy and Marine Corps problems and attempted corrections since 1990 to ensure the appellate review process for general and special courts-martial met legal standards Whether current systems, procedures and policies ensure timely and legally sufficient post-trial courts-martial reviews within the Navy and Marine Corps and Whether Navy and Marine Corps resources devoted to post-trial processes, information and tracking systems, procedures and policies, and monitoringsupervision are adequate to meet due process requirements under the Uniform Code of Military Justice and case law.