Patrick Parrish

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name = Patrick Parrish


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Patrick Parrish is an officer in the United States Army.

Military career

Case of William J. Kreutzer Jr

ColonelParrish presided over the case of Sergeant William J. Kreutzer Jr.cite news
url=http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:GLjnw8nkLQQJ:www.bragg.army.mil/pao/Media%2520Advisory%25202007/June%25209,%25202007%2520Referral%2520release.doc+%22Patrick+Parrish%22+site:mil&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=16&gl=ca&client=firefox-a
title=Kreutzer Arraigned for 1995 Shootings
publisher=United States Department of Defense
date=June 9, 2007
accessdate=2008-05-29
quote=] Kreutzer had been convicted of murder for a 1995 shooting.

Case of Alberto Martinez

ColonelParrish presided over the case of Staff Sergeant Alberto Martinez, a GI who was accused of murdering two officers with a grenade.cite news
url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Defense+in+'fragging'+case+granted+help-a01610641288
title=Defense in 'fragging' case granted help
publisher=AP News
date=2007
accessdate=2008-05-29
quote=] cite news
url=http://www.bragg.army.mil/pao/Media%20Advisory%202007/Sept.%207,%202007%20Martinez%20rulings.doc
title=Judge rules on Martinez motions
publisher=United States Department of Defense
date=September 7, 2007
accessdate=2008-05-29
quote=]

Guantanamo assignment

On May 29 2008 Colonel Peter Brownback, the Presiding Officer over Omar Khadr's Guantanamo military commission was removed, and Parrish was appointed to take his place.cite news
url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080529.wkhadr0529/BNStory/National/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20080529.wkhadr0529
title=Khadr judge at Guantanamo Bay relieved of duties
publisher=Globe and Mail
author=Omar El Akkad
date=May 29, 2008
accessdate=2008-05-29
quote=] cite news
url=http://www.nationalpost.com/news/world/story.html?id=549763
title=Pentagon fires Khadr judge: Col. Peter Brownback replaced after chastising prosecution
publisher=National Post
author=Steven Edwards
date=May 29 2008
accessdate=2008-05-29
quote=] cite news
url=http://www.kansascity.com/451/story/641581.html
title=Gitmo judge removed from Canadian's case
publisher=Kansas City Star
author=Michael Melia
date=May 29 2008
accessdate=2008-05-29
quote=] cite news
url=http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnNASU52902.html
title=Guantanamo judge dismissed in Canadian's case
publisher=Reuters
date=May 29 2008
accessdate=2008-05-29
quote=] cite news
url=http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/05/29/judge-khadr.html
title=Khadr judge fired, says his military lawyer
publisher=CBC News
date=Thursday, May 29, 2008
accessdate=2008-05-29
quote=] cite news
url=http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gMFtTJrQcHknWUFeUfvS9Lo9_7zA
title=U.S. military dumps judge in Khadr terrorism case in surprise move
publisher=Canadian Press
date=May 29 2008
accessdate=2008-05-29
quote=] Brownback's replacement was described as "surprising".

Lieutenant Commander William Keubler, one of Khadr's Defense attorneys, speculated that Brownback's unexpected replacement was due to his insistence that the Prosecution complete the process of discovery, before he set a trial date.

On Thursday September 4 2008 Parrish barred the 2nd in command at the Office of Military Commissions, Brigadier General Thomas W. Hartmann, from participating in Khadr's Tribunal because of his "undue command influence".cite news
url=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/256/story/51760.html
title=Pentagon adviser banned again from Guantanamo case
publisher=McClatchy News Service
author=Carol Rosenberg
date=2008-09-04
accessdate=2008-09-06
quote= [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mcclatchydc.com%2F256%2Fstory%2F51760.html&date=2008-09-06 mirror] ] Khadr's Tribunal is the third that Hartmann has been barred from participating in.

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