Let's keep it that way, rather than having their insides leaking out all over the ground, huh, soldier?
"Convicted Marine returns to his unit; Appeals court to review ruling in war crime trial" by Julie Watson, Associated Press | June 16, 2010
SAN DIEGO — A Marine sergeant accused of killing an unarmed Iraqi man in a major war crimes case will return to his unit now that he has been released from a military jail, a Marine Corps spokesman said yesterday....
That's AmeriKan Justice for you!!!
Sergeant Lawrence Hutchins III’s murder conviction was overturned in April by a military appeals court in Washington, D.C., that said he was given an unfair trial in 2007.
At least he got one.
"’08 ruling may snag Obama administration’s Guantanamo plans
The rulings in the Hatim case and the 31 others may be a harbinger of trouble for the Obama administration, which is considering plans to indefinitely detain dozens of Guantanamo Bay prisoners without civilian or military trials....
A Justice Department-led task force has concluded that... about 50 who are considered too dangerous to be freed but cannot face trial because the evidence is too weak to hold up in court"
So a WAR CRIMINAL WALKS FREE while INNOCENT PEOPLE are left to languish in AmeriKa?
That's closer to the truth then I would like.
However, the Navy is appealing the ruling and prosecutors wanted to keep Hutchins in confinement during that process.
Your tax dollars at work while veterans are sleeping on the streets!
The case is now in the hands of a higher court, which can affirm or reverse the April ruling. That decision may not come until early next year....
Israel's?
Attorneys for the government have said Hutchins led a squad of seven troops who dragged Hashim Ibrahim Awad, 52, from his home in the Iraqi village of Hamdania in 2006 and killed him. They then planted a shovel and AK-47 to make it appear he was an insurgent, the prosecutors say....
Sorry, but that is GOVERNMENT POLICY!
See: Asymmetrical Warfare Group
Yup, all insurgents, sarge!
“I’m going to be the best Marine I can be today,’’ an elated Hutchins said. “Today is really a surreal experience. I think we had a good judge. . . . It’s hard to describe exactly what I’m feeling. I’m happy.’’
And a monster.
The US Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals in Washington ruled in April that Hutchins was not given a fair trial because his lead defense lawyer left the case shortly before the 2007 trial. The ruling was a major blow for the government’s prosecution of Iraqi war crimes....
Now I am starting to wonder.
Related: Operation Iraq: Blessed Blackwater
Once is an accident, twice is policy!
Either that or the BRILLIANT GOVERNMENT LAWYERS are INCOMPETENT!
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus told the Marine Corps Times last year that he believes Hutchins was the ringleader in the premeditated murder plot and attempted coverup, and that he should serve the full sentence....
The US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces faces several options: It can reverse the lower court’s ruling and reinstate the conviction and sentence, or it can affirm it and send the case to Camp Pendleton, where the general can order a new trial....
Until you get the verdict right, dammit!
The censored and edited version you webbers got:
Marine convicted of war crime released
