court-martial of William Calley

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court-martial legal proceeding military trial

The court-martial of William Calley was a highly publicized U.S. military trial in 1971 in which Army Lieutenant William Calley was convicted for his role in the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
My Lai massacre court-martial 1
U.S. Army court-martial 1
court-martial of William Calley canonical 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court-martial ⓘ
legal proceeding ⓘ
military trial ⓘ
allegedCrimeCountry South Vietnam ⓘ
allegedCrimeLocation My Lai massacre ⓘ
surface form: My Lai
appealTo United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Court of Military Appeals
charge premeditated murder ⓘ
commanderInChiefIntervention Richard Nixon ⓘ
convictedMurderCounts 22 ⓘ
convictedOf premeditated murder ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateOfVerdict 1971-03-29 ⓘ
endTime 1971 ⓘ
hasDefendant William Calley ⓘ
hasDefendantRank First Lieutenant ⓘ
hasDefendantService United States Army ⓘ
hasDefenseCounsel George Latimer ⓘ
J. Houston Gordon ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasOutcome conviction upheld on appeal with sentence reductions ⓘ
hasProsecutor Aubrey M. Daniel III ⓘ
initialConfinementCondition house arrest ⓘ
involvesTopic civilian casualties ⓘ
command responsibility ⓘ
rules of engagement ⓘ
war crimes ⓘ
jurisdiction United States Army ⓘ
location Fort Benning ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensive ⓘ
notableFor first U.S. officer convicted for civilian massacre in Vietnam War ⓘ
numberOfMurderCounts 22 ⓘ
partOf United States military justice system ⓘ
presidingOfficer Aubrey M. Daniel III ⓘ
publicReaction widespread controversy ⓘ
relatedConflict Vietnam War ⓘ
relatedLegalConcept military chain of command ⓘ
obedience to orders defense ⓘ
relatedToEvent My Lai massacre ⓘ
sentence life imprisonment ⓘ
sentenceModifiedBy Richard Nixon ⓘ
sentencingDate 1971-03-31 ⓘ
significance landmark case in U.S. military justice ⓘ
major event in U.S. debate over Vietnam War ⓘ
startTime 1970 ⓘ
timePeriod Cold War ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

My Lai massacre → legalOutcome → court-martial of William Calley ⓘ
William Calley → convictedBy → court-martial of William Calley ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Army court-martial
William Calley → event → court-martial of William Calley ⓘ
this entity surface form: My Lai massacre court-martial