Our Mission...
Protect the Constitutional Rights of Our Nation's Warriors
Would you join the military if you knew you could be put in prison for doing your job?
Hundreds of brave service members are in prison because of politics, not wrongdoing.
How Our Warriors Lose Their Rights
Imagine if Your Boss Could Put You in Jail
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When people enlist in the military, they unknowingly become part of a new legal system outside the US court system. It takes away their constitutional rights and puts them at the mercy of the political climate. It's crazy, but true. It's called "unlawful command influence."
Meet just a handful of the
Families, Warriors, and Non-Profits Fighting This Injustice
The Lawyers​
Fighting for justice in courts
The Warriors
Wrongly convicted of crimes.
The Justice for Warriors Caucus​
Working to make the reforms into law.
The Non-Profits
Helping fund these expensive battles
Many people and organizations have been fighting this battle for years. Until now their efforts have been siloed. Now we have a Congressional caucus to unify our collective voices, correct the injustices, and reform the Uniform Code of Military Justice once and for all.
Step 1
Unite the silos already in the fight to create massive public awareness
Step 2
Recruit members of Congress to join Justice for Warriors Caucus
Step 3
Pass UCMJ changes in National Defense Authorization Act
The Plan
how we fix the code
How to Ensure Justice for Our Warriors
Six Important Fixes
1. Remove Commanders from the Law-Enforcement Process.
How it is now:
If someone is suspected of committing a crime, their chain of command is notified. The Chain of Command then notifies Law Enforcement if they believe the accusation is serious enough. This is tantamount to the town mayor (not a court system) deciding whether Jane Citizen should be charged after being arrested on drunk driving.
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What Needs to Change:
Remove commanders from the law-enforcement process but, allow commanders to maintain the good order and discipline of the service by maintaining Non-Judicial Punishment Powers under Article 15, UCMJ.
2. Create a Military District Attorney.
How it is now:
Commanders make the decision to charge a servicemember based upon the good order and discipline of the military, not a legal and factual analysis of conduct.
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Why this change is important:
This will allow an independent party to make the criminal justice decisions in terms of whether to charge someone with a crime, and what to charge them with. This position should mirror the civilian district/state's attorney position already in place around the country.
3. Make Military Police Independent from Normal Chain of Command.
How it is now:
The military police only get involved if they are invited in by the commander, or if they directly respond to an emergency call, traffic stop, etc..
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Why this change is important:
Military police should not feel any sort of interference or command influence from the leadership of the military. They would have an independent, but integrated, role within the military justice system.
4. JAG Who Answers only to the Deputy Attorney General of the US.
How it is now:
All six branches of service have their own Judge Advocate General (JAG) of Army, Navy, Coast Guard, etc. These two or three star admirals and generals report to their respective four-star service’s chief of staff, who is not a lawyer.
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Why this change is important:
This is necessary to establish an independent judiciary. No lawyer should ever answer to a commander who is not a lawyer themselves.
5. Create an Inter-Service Jury-Panel Commission.
How it is now:
A simple computer software shuffles names up and chooses them at random. The problem is that it only chooses the names from a pool that are entered in by the prosecutor. This creates the opportunity for stacking the jury with prosecution-friendly jurors.
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What needs to change:
This commission should be located in the office of the Judge Advocate General of the Armed Forces, and its commissioners should be appointed for a limited number of terms, and should not be members of the military or military reserve forces.
6. Create a Military-Conviction Integrity Unit.
How it is now:
Nothing like this exists. Wrongly convicted military men and women have no recourse, as almost all Innocence-Project type organizations are unfamiliar with military law.
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What needs to change:
This commission should be located in the office of the Judge Advocate General of the Armed Forces, and its commissioners should be appointed for a limited number of terms, and should not be members of the military or military reserve forces.
Two Ways You Can Help
1. Contact Your Representative
Call, write, email, or visit your
representative, and urge them to
join the Justice for Warriors Caucus
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2. Support the Non-Profits
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Volunteer or make a donation to help those fighting for our warriors.
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Free Our Warriors
Join the movement today!
Reforming the system won't happen without our collective voices.
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Why are there so many organizations fighting this one cause?Members of the military are charged and convicted wrongfully from many dfferent locations around the world. This site exists to try and bring together all of the people fighting for a common cause.
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How do I know the organizations are legitimate?Clint Lorance has personally vetted this website and approved of its contents, having developed personal relationships with all of the organizations and people listed on this site. Realistically, you don't know if they are legitimate, and you should do your own research before making a decision on whether you should support or not. We think you will find that these people are legitimate, with kind hearts, and grieving souls for our great warriors being mistreated by a broken system.
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What is the Justice for Warriors Caucus?It is a group of Congressmen in the US House of Representatives who are trying to achieve military justice reform. There are currenly around 12 members of the caucus. We need you to urge your Congressman to join.
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Can I give money to FixTheCode.org?No. Thank you though. Please consider donating to any of the non-profit organizations listed on this page. FixTheCode.org is an information-only site, paid for from personal funds of Clint Lorance. Clint does this as a charity, and will not accept any money for it.
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How do I help?Share this website with your social media following, and support the non proftis listed on this site.
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How do these organizations choose who they support?Each of the non profits work diligently to ensure that the warriors they represent are indeed wrongly convicted. We stand behind each and every one of these organizations, and have seen their vetting process behind the scenes. These are great people.
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What can I do if I don't have money to support?Contact your Congressman and ask them to join the Justice for Warriors Caucus.
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