Like a civilian court, the hearings at Joint Base Lewis-McChord for soldiers accused of killing civilians in Afghanistan are open to the public.

Unlike a civilian court, the Army doesn’t hand over documents that are related to the trial when members of the public and and the press ask for them.

But, many of those documents were submitted to the public record last week at a pre-trial hearing for Spc. Jeremy Morlock. Since then, people involved in the case have been more willing to distribute witness statements and other reports from the Army investigation into suspected civilian killings and drug use at Forward Operating Base Ramrod in Southern Afghanistan.

Here a couple links to news outlets that have posted first-source documents to the web.

The New York Times has posted sworn statements from Morlock, who is accused of killing three civilians; Sgt. Kris Sprague, who has not been charged with a criminal offense but describes the killings; Spc. Adam Winfield, who is charged with one murder; and Pfc. Justin Stoner, the soldier known as the whistleblower in the case.

Salon has posted memos from a Lewis-McChord defense attorney describing a standoff over photos of Afghan casualties that were taken from soldiers. That evidence has been restricted.

Elsewhere, you can find videos of Winfield’s interview with investigators, as well as Morlock’s,  and Spc. Adam Kelly. Kelly faces charges that he used drugs during the deployment and helped beat up Stoner.