A replacement constitution was, at the time of Saprang's statement, being drafted by a military appointed panel.

A second military panel set him free.

Under the system, verdicts and sentences may only be reviewed by military panels and the defense secretary.

The verdict of the military panel of the Arnhem court was on 22 April 2011.

The dispute comes in a case in which detainees are challenging decisions by military panels that they were properly held as enemy combatants.

Not long before Truman's order, a military panel suggested that white soldiers would never accept blacks as commanders or comrades in arms.

Some officials have suggested that if Mr. Moussaoui's civilian trial falls apart, he could face a military panel.

It instead set up military panels to review the justification of detention in individual cases, with limited right of appeal to the courts afterward.

Abraham was the first member of a military panel to challenge the conduct of the hearings.

All appeals are to military panels and to the secretary of defense.