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Do you even read the articles you post? Pennington was not sentenced as a "cold blooded killer".
What a person pleads guilty to, in exchange for a reduced sentence in a negotiated agreement, may have nothing at all to do with what they actually did. I realize that the agreement the Marine signs will say that it's "truthful" and other legal baloney. That still doesn't make it necessarily true. That's the government lawyers' way of covering their butts. "He signed it! He admitted it! We didn't make him sign it!" Yeah, BS. After jerking him around through the American Gulag for long enough, they finally broke him down enough to sign a "confession" of guilt. Don't confuse process this with justice.
I got a rude awakening for you, swee pea, his family gave in to the prosecution, he wasn't proven guilty.
He admitted to a lesser charge because the Military wanted to give him LIFE in prison. He CHOSE to let them give him th lesser charge to avoid LIFE in prison, get it yet?
If you were in contact with the families like some of us are, you wouldn't be saying what you just did. NONE of the Marines told their famiies the stories you read in the papers.
No, I don't think so.
It's not been proven to me yet.
In any case, when was the last time you saw a "no more than 8 years" sentence for cold-blooded murder?
I think that we've got to conclude it's some kind of equivalent to "manslaugher" or "negligent homicide." We had a drunk driver receive a similar sentence the other day in our town.
It is significant that it is "no more than" instead of "no less than." That means that with the 14 months served this man is eligible soon to start seeking parole.
The bottom line: "cold-blooded murder" isn't sticking here.
Wonder what the plea deal agreed to??
War is Hell.
The rude awakening is that there is a murthababy on FR.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1786775/posts?page=13#13
This is no rude awakening, This has been anticipated, It seems folks like you have an addenda and have waited for these outcomes with great anticipation. I would think if you were put upon the way these Marines have been, to include there families, you and yours would have been asking for the same basic rights that you get to use here. Corruption with an addenda suits some folks, maybe like you! As far as the men and women who fight for me and my family and our safety, I and others will continue to expose the truth, Find me one Marine that has admitted to murder using your rules, Not one my friend, Find me one marine that has been convicted in a court room!!!!!! none my friend. They have been forced to plea against themselves. So comrade, If you can read this, thank your teachers, If you can read this in ENGLISH, thank people like our solders and Marines
Keeping score, are you?
Yes, it was a rude awakening this morning. It is a such a shame to see our Marines being prosecuted with the full force and authority of our government, but expect the defenedants to scrape together their own defense funds. Wonder how many millions have already been spent for these 5 pleas? Thankfully our governement didn't have to spend much on their PR campaign with Rep. Murtha quite happy to spread their accusations of "cold-blooded murderers" and a willing media to repeat these accusations thousands of times.
So thankyou for your concern. It's so nice to know there are others on FR who care so much.
I know that there are crimes commited even in War. I don't believe that half of these Marines and Corpsmen are guilty of any crimes. The Drive By media and the long list starting with pelosi, murtha, kennedy, HITERLY,and all the rest are the ones getting this in the news. Why is the Free Republic and people like LtCol. Ollie North the only ones that get the news out about our People in uniform that is TRUE? God Bless America and All who have and keep defending Her.
Is that you, murtha?
Did you forget a /sarc tag?