UNSC Judge Advocate General's Corps: Difference between revisions

The '''UNSC Judge Advocate General's Corps''' ('''JAG''')<ref name="ll6">'''[[Halo: Last Light]]''', ''page 6'' (Google Play edition)</ref> is the legal branch of the [[United Nations Space Command]]. JAG officers serve as legal advisors to UNSC military units and investigate crimes involving UNSC personnel;<ref name="ll6"/> they also serve in [[court-martial|courts-martial]] and on [[Board of Inquiry|boards of inquiry]]. [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Maria Gilliam]] was one such officer in [[2492]] at the [[Luna OCS Academy]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''', "[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]", ''page 430''</ref> During [[Operation: JOVIAN WHISTLE]] in [[2553]], JAG officer Major [[Ira Halal]] was sent to investigate a series of murders on [[Gao]] and to ensure that anti-[[Unified Earth Government]] radicals on the planet did not plant false evidence on the crime scenes to frame the UNSC for the murders.<ref name="ll6"/><ref>'''Halo: Last Light''', ''page 26'' (Google Play edition)</ref>

Among the other responsibilities of the JAG Corps is the issuing of various [[:Category:UNSC Protocols|protocols]] that stipulate punishments for offenses.<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 122''</ref> Some of these punishments can be quite draconian. The [[JAG 845-P]] protocol authorizes the imprisonment for life or [[capital punishment|execution]] without a proper trial of offenders who commit treason or violate the [[Cole Protocol]].<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 160'' (2010)</ref>