It is designed to provide summary courts-martial with the essential procedural guidelines necessary to insure that accused persons are given fair and impartial trials in accordance with the requirements of law.
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The manual creates a binding pretrial agreement and a procedure for the government to appeal sentences that they consider unreasonable. The manual broadens the powers of military judge's to issue subpoenas prior to referral of charges.