Posted on 07/11/2007 6:41:44 AM PDT by RDTF
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The government's case against a Marine accused of fatally shooting Iraqi civilians in the town of Haditha lacks sufficient evidence to go to a court-martial and should be dropped, a hearing officer determined. The murder charges were brought against Lance Cpl. Justin L. Sharratt for killing three Iraqi brothers in November 2005.
The hearing officer, Lt. Col. Paul Ware, wrote in a report released by the defense Tuesday that those charges were based on unreliable witness accounts, insupportable forensic evidence and questionable legal theories. He also wrote that the case could have dangerous consequences on the battlefield, where soldiers might hesitate during critical moments when facing an enemy.
"The government version is unsupported by independent evidence," Ware wrote in the 18-page report. "To believe the government version of facts is to disregard clear and convincing evidence to the contrary."
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
IMO, there’s more evidence that Nancy Pelosi should be charged for aiding and abetting the enemy. She has emboldened the enemy and put our troops in danger.
same for Capt. Randy W. Stone:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1847650/posts
charges were based on unreliable witness accounts, insupportable forensic evidence and questionable legal theories.
EOM!
Good. Our men and women in the sandbox have enough carp on their mind without fear of being Nifonged by overzealous JAG officers.
ping
I like the fact that the hearing officer alluded to how ‘Monday morning quarterbacking ‘can have adverse effects in the field.
Semper Fi
The prosecutor JAGs and NCIS investigators need to demoted, a BCD and brig time.
Drudge must be following FR.
I posted the LA Times snip about 45 minutes ago.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1864182/posts
Gee, you ‘spose a Lt. Col. in the Marine Corps might know a little more than Congressman Murtha as to what happened there? I’m amazed! Good on this man and good on the Corps!
I guess I have to recant on that... you were twenty minutes ahead of me with the brietbart article.
Yea, I got this from Drudge
Get The Lawyers Out Of The Corps NOW!!!!
Let’s hope that the NCIS investigators and the Prosecutors get the “Nifong Treatment” for this injustice.
Think they will get an apology from Murtha?!
NOPE!
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