51.   President Clinton signed an executive order today increasing penalties for hate crimes and making other changes in the military justice code.

52.   Russian military justice officials are questioning military commanders who refused to carry out combat operations in the breakaway republic of Chechnya, Russian television reported.

53.   The inquiry also proposed major reforms to the military justice system including the establishment of an inspector general to oversee the defense forces.

54.   The new government says they will face military justice.

55.   U.S. lawmaker says some detainees at Guantanamo could face military justice in their homelands.

56.   Under military justice rules, the judgment is automatically appealed to the Army Court of Criminal Appeals.

57.   Work continues on areas such as the penal code, the military justice system and laws to control organized crime.

58.   A hearing to determine the sufficiency of the charges under the military justice code was to start Thursday in Kadena, the biggest US base in Asia.

59.   A hearing to determine the strength of the charges under the US code of military justice was to start Thursday in Kadena, the biggest US base in Asia.

60.   According to the military justices, the order for a retrial will take about three months to be applied.