Good news. It’s about time. From various reporting it appeared that Sgt. Salinas was a key witness to most of the events that occurred that day. It made no sense that Sgt. Salinas was not granted immunity for the Article 32’s if their purpose was to get to the truth. Good for Lt. Gen. Helland for granting him immunity for LCpl Tatum’s upcoming trial.
I’m clearly on the side of the defense lawyer that wants immunity for Chessani. Chessani has clearly done nothing wrong and is charged only for political expediency.
If he were permitted to speak freely, and with permission to include classified information, then I’m certain that all other defendants would have charges dismissed.
Good news. It’s about time. From various reporting it appeared that Sgt. Salinas was a key witness to most of the events that occurred that day. It made no sense that Sgt. Salinas was not granted immunity for the Article 32’s if their purpose was to get to the truth. Good for Lt. Gen. Helland for granting him immunity for LCpl Tatum’s upcoming trial.
Yes indeed it's about time. I never understood not giving Salinas immunity in the first place. As lily said, I am skeptically optimistic at this turn of events.
I recall the IO said that the government needed to either charge Sgt Salinas or grant him immunity. I’m glad they finally chose immunity.
If the prosecution had really wanted to stack the deck, they could have charged Salinas and scheduled his Article 32 for after the Tatum court martial.
I’ve been so critical of prosecutorial conduct on these threads, I have to give them their due on this decision. (Maybe the prosecutors were visited by three ghosts on Christmas eve.)