[driftdiver]

“Sandoval might be “not guilty” of murder, but planting evidence is a serious crime, and I’ll bet the maxium is still years in prison”

You’re probably right but I don’t see how he planted evidence. Evidence of what? IF he planted the cord then at most it should be waste of govt materials. They knew the guy was an enemy so how can he be guilty of planting evidence proving he was an enemy?

WHY are we doing this to our troops. Lets do this to the lawyers who’ve forced us into this position instead.

[Girlene]

They knew the guy was an enemy so how can he be guilty of planting evidence proving he was an enemy?

I agree. The conviction of planting evidence doesn't make sense to me if he's not guilty of premeditated murder. It appears the panel didn't want to second guess him on whether the killings were valid or not, but did think he was guilty of something so found him guilty of the least charge. Does anybody know what article of the UCMJ would cover planting evidence?

[TheBattman]

It all boils down to this:

We either are fighting a war, or we are not. By the current attitude in our own government, it appears that we are not...