court-martial of Lieutenant William Calley

GPTKB entity

Properties (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf court-martial
gptkbp:aftermath controversial legacy
gptkbp:appeal successful
sentence overturned
gptkbp:caseOutcome convicted and sentenced
gptkbp:chargingTime war_crimes
gptkbp:claims lack of intent
gptkbp:class military trial
gptkbp:clinicalTrials highlighted military ethics issues
gptkbp:commanded 3 years house arrest
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Lieutenant_Colonel_Franklin_W._R._McGowan
gptkbp:court gptkb:U.S._Army
gptkb:Fort_Benning,_Georgia
gptkb:Lieutenant_William_Calley
several months
convicted
March 1971
convicted of murder
several months long
gptkbp:date March 1971
gptkbp:heldIn 1971
gptkbp:historicalContext gptkb:My_Lai_Massacre
gptkbp:historicalImpact influenced military law
gptkbp:historicalSignificance military ethics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label court-martial of Lieutenant William Calley
gptkbp:impact debate on military conduct
gptkbp:influence reforms
gptkbp:involves gptkb:Lieutenant_William_Calley
gptkbp:judges gptkb:Lieutenant_Colonel_Franklin_W._R._McGowan
witnesses
gptkbp:legalStatus defense attorney
reduced sentence
military accountability
gptkbp:location gptkb:Fort_Benning
gptkbp:mediaCoverage extensive
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:U.S._Army_Court_of_Military_Review
Lieutenant
U.S._military_justice_system
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkbp:notable_player civilian attorney
following orders defense
gptkbp:outcome 20 years imprisonment
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:My_Lai
gptkbp:publicAccess controversial
significant
gptkbp:publicPerception divided opinions
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Vietnam_War_protests
gptkbp:relatedPatent other war crime trials
gptkbp:researchFocus My_Lai_Massacre_events
gptkbp:resultedIn conviction
gptkbp:services hundreds
gptkbp:significance Vietnam_War_accountability
gptkbp:tactics following orders