The United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces will hear the appeal of a military criminal case, The United States vs. Pvt. Tracie Stringer, Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in Robinson Auditorium, Thayer Hall. The hearing is part of the court’s educational outreach program. All cadets enrolled in the law department’s core course, LW403, will be present along with American Legal Systems majors and law department faculty. Interested members of the public are also welcome to attend.

At Fort Knox, Ky., in late 1998, Stringer was facing an administrative discharge from the Army when he was charged with assault with a deadly weapon and several lesser military offenses. Ordered to pretrial confinement, Stringer was put in front of his unit, shackled and led away. Upon being returned to his unit a few days later, he was subjected to harassment and derisive cadence calls. At his court-martial he pleaded guilty to several offenses and was sentenced to 80 days confinement and a bad-conduct discharge.

The reason for the CAAF hearing Tuesday is the court-martial judge’s order that the Fort Knox SJA have an article highlighting the impropriety of Stinger’s public humiliations printed in the post newspaper or else the judge would significantly reduce Stringer’s period of confinement. A story did appear in the Fort Knox "Turret," although not in full compliance with the judge’s directions.