A Crime Committed In The Armed Forces _ The New Detectives

The Marine Corps sergeant reported his wife missing. He appeared on television, pleading for her return. The NCIS discovered he was the one who killed her. The badge does not protect you from forensic science.The New Detectives devoted an entire episode to crimes committed within military communities. Season 7 Episode 8, titled Military Justice, examined how the law enforcement agency of the United States Navy and Marine Corps uses forensic science to solve perplexing murders and fulfill their motto: to the living we owe respect, to the dead we owe the truth [citation:9]. The episode featured a Marine Corps sergeant who reported his wife missing and found himself charged with murder, along with the case of a sailor killed with his own gun [citation:6].The first episode of the entire series, Soldier Stories, aired on June 10, 1996, and focused on crimes within the military community, including a soldier beaten to death in his barracks in Afghanistan and Sergeant Hasan Akbar, who attacked his fellow soldiers in Iraq in 2003, killing two and injuring fourteen others [citation:1][citation:5]. These cases demonstrate how military law enforcement officers face unique circumstances and jurisdictional challenges that civilian detectives never encounter [citation:1].Turn down the lights, put on your headphones, and press play because the uniform does not make you immune to justice.