Overview of unlawful command influence:
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- UCI Basics
- Adjudicative UCI
- Witness intimidation
- Influencing the panel members’ decision
- Influencing panel member composition
- By the commander physically being in the courtroom
- Bringing the commander in the courtroom via argument
- Through surrogate witnesses
- Through improper rehabilitation evidence in sentencing
- Through the terms of a co-accused’s agreement with the convening authority
- Influencing the independent discretion of the military judge
- Influencing the defense counsel
- Influencing a subordinate commander in the exercise of their clemency actions