Brigadier general sinclair biography meaning
Brigadier General Thomas L. Sinclair assumed duties as Commander, 228th Signal Brigade on June 26, 2001..
William Livingstone Hatchwell Sinclair was born in Kirkmanshulme, near Manchester, Lancashire, England on 18 February 1880, the son of a shipping merchant.
The Sinclair Case And What It Means For Military Justice
The end result of one of the latest sexual assault scandals to hit the Army came during a tumultuous time for the military as lawmakers on Capitol Hill pushed for military legal reforms and the latest Pentagon study revealed a sharp increase in sexual assaults.
The hard-liners in Washington who wanted to see Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair go to prison did not win and neither did the victim, as the sexual assault charges were dropped for a plea deal, which resulted in his demotion to lieutenant colonel with full retirement benefits.
He also has to pay a $20,000 fine. While Sinclair pled guilty to adultery and numerous other lesser chargers that left him without facing jail time, the accuser — a female captain he served with in Afghanistan — still sleeps with a gun under her pillow and testified she “has a hard time feeling safe.”
The difficulty in charging the former general with sexual assault seems to be linked to