Release of a prisoner without proper authority is an offense under Article 96 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. It covers a person subject to military law who, without authority to do so, releases a prisoner, or who through neglect or design allows a prisoner to escape, regardless of whether the prisoner was originally committed in strict compliance with the law. The same article separately punishes unlawfully drinking an alcoholic beverage with a prisoner. A person convicted under either provision is punished as a court-martial directs.
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Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School: Art. 96. Release of prisoner without authority; drinking with prisoner
Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law SchoolIn Group: Escape, Resistance and Failure to Comply, 10 U.S. Code section 896Quote, In Group: Escape, Resistance and Failure to Comply, 10 U.S. Code section 896
who, without authority to do so, releases a prisoner; or
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