VERDICT IN THE LT GRAYSON TRIAL: NOT GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS!

Defend Our Marines ^ | June 4, 2008 | David Allender

[RedRover]

Lt Andrew Grayson, a defendant in the infamous Haditha case, has been found not guilty on all counts by a seven-member panel of Marine officers at Camp Pendleton.

Developing, details to follow.

[RedRover]

Previous thread with a day-by-day account of the court martial is HERE.

[A.A. Cunningham]

sierra hotel!

[freema]

[freema]

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ijDA5bgxiHlTvS_r-SSjskS1Tq1wD913K89O1

[GunnyB]

Not guilty, but this Officer will never have a career in the Marines, which really sucks...

[submarinerswife]

Is this it for the trials? Murtha must be troubled but I am damn happy for all the innocent Marines implicated in this political witch hunt.

[Nervous Tick]

Good news. Justice has prevailed.

Hope SSgt, Wuterish and Lt. Col. Chessani are acquitted as well, and I pray that the reputations of all of them can be made whole.

[freema]

Cheers erupted as the seven-officer panel cleared 1st Lt. Andrew Grayson, who was the first of three Marines to be tried in the biggest U.S. criminal case involving Iraqi deaths linked to the war.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/06/02/state/n012700D96.DTL&tsp=1

[ConorMacNessa]

Round up the usual suspects!

[freema]

It ALL sucks.

[xzins]

Would love a write-up of Casas total closing argument and not that biased stuff written by the AP.

Even when they write this up, it’ll be “found not guilty when soldiers rampaged through a village killing 24 civilians.”

Murtha should be in jail over this.

Laughner should be in jail over this.

For Chessani, this means further evidence that there was no coverup.

[dalight]

Awesome!!!

[Citizen Tom Paine]

Thank the Lord. Imagine having to fight a ruthless enemy with a lawyer looking over your shoulder.

[jazusamo]

OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!!

[2111USMC]

Two more to go: SSgt. Wuterish and Lt. Col. Chessani

[freema]

Ed Buice, NCIS. Quite a resemblance.

[Irish Eyes]

GREAT NEWS!!!!!!!

[Blood of Tyrants]

I imagine that the bad taste left in his mouth after this will make him want to seek a civilian job.

[mortal19440]

I know it doesn’t help us get over this bull shit, but at least we know that Murtha is still an EX-Marine and nothing he can do will make him a former Marine. God love these brave men.

[Mr Rogers]

OUTSTANDING!

[fatima]

WOOHOOO BUMP.

[RedRover]

Hey, buddy! Looks like we need a little update to our graphic!

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[BufordP]

My short list ping

[bill1952]

Hoo Rah!

Now, time to march on Murtha’s office!

[xzins]

More than anything, this slam dunk means the government owes this family dearly for the hell that they UNNECESSARILY put them through.

They owe them buckloads of money.

They owe them for months of stress and fear.

They owe them for false accusations not challenged.

They owe them for listening to our insurgent enemies over our own troops.

They owe them for armchair quarterbacking a war half a world away.

[My hearts in London - Everett]

Remember the good ole days when it used to be only 535 politicians looking over our soldiers’ shoulders?

[Jemian]

Praise the Lord!

[jazusamo]

Thanks, Pal. I was already thinking about it but wasn’t about to bug you now, you’ve got to be going six ways to Sunday.

That was really quick and I won’t waste any time gettin her done, the new one looks good! :-)

[RedRover]

Hey, fatima! Thank you so, so much all your prayers—especially today!!!

[2111USMC]

Blanket party at Murtha’s?

[Enchante]

When does Murtha go on trial for treason?

aiding and abetting our worst enemies, and in time of war no less!!!

[Marysecretary]

HALLELUJIA!

[kellynla]

EXCELLENT NEW!

Thanks, RR for posting .

And thanks, Freema for the ping!

[sono]

Lardass Murtha wept.

[Marine_Uncle]

Great news! Two more to be proven not guilty as charged then this case is closed.

[fatima]

Wow,I tripped over the thread just as I was leaving and saw the concern so I was able to get a rosary in on the ride home.I was thankful for that.Great ending:)

[StarCMC]

YES!!!!!!!

[InABunkerUnderSF]

But, but... I just watched the new on TV, why was this not the lead story?

I mean, it was the lead story when they were indicted. Why not now???

(Yea, I know. But we all need a good laugh.)

[SandRat]

Now this has got to Royally P.O. Mullah Omar Murtha.

[StarCMC]

It ALL sucks.

Amen sister. It should never have even gotten this far. That said, I am glad he has been cleared. Godspped, LT Grayson.

[pattty]

WOO HOO! Wonderful news!

[Semper Fi Mom]

NOT GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS! AWESOME! AWESOME! AWESOME! NOW TWO MORE TO GO!!

[freema]

[freema]

No news is good news.

[RedRover]

Just spoke on the phone to defense attorney Joseph Casas, and congratulated him on this victory. He said he believed this victory was for all the Marines and that the verdict would send a clear message to the Marine Corps about this whole bogus case.

I also had the privilege of speaking with Lt Andrew Grayson. He and his family are celebrating, naturally, but their thoughts and prayers are with the Chessani and Wuterich families tonight as well.

[freema]

Amen and Amen, Star. And whatever Godspped, is, I’ll ask it in His name : )

[fatima]

Oh Yes.

[USNBandit]

He already resigned and separated once. That was probably the biggest BS charge,fraudulently obtaining a discharge. Yeah, like he discharged himself. Officers have to submit a resignation letter, have it accepted, have sep orders written, a half dozen trips to an administrative office to run paperwork, etc.

If they had found him guilty of that then they should have had to prosecute a couple dozen people as accessories, including the head of USMC personnel.

[Saoirise]

WOO HOO NOT GUILTY. This will send shock waves up the chain of command :)

[StarCMC]

ROFL!! Godspped is my quick type word for godspeed. *G*