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Jury acquits former Marine in killing of Iraqis (NAZARIO!!)
Tampa Bay Online | Aug 28, 6:34 PM EDT | By CHELSEA J. CARTER

Posted on 08/28/2008 3:50:40 PM PDT by RaceBannon

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - A former Marine accused of killing unarmed Iraqi detainees was acquitted of voluntary manslaughter Thursday in a first-of-its-kind federal trial.

The jury took six hours to find Jose Luis Nazario Jr. not guilty of charges that he killed or caused others to kill four unarmed detainees on Nov. 9, 2004, in Fallujah, Iraq, during some of the fiercest fighting of the war.

The verdict left the 28-year-old defendant in tears. He cried so loud that the judge smacked his gavel to call for order. Nazario's family and friends also sobbed in the courtroom.

"It's been a long, hard year for my family," Nazario said outside the courtroom. "I need a moment to catch my breath and try to get my life back together."

Thursday's verdict marks the first time a civilian jury has determined whether the alleged actions of a former military service member in combat violated the law of war.

One of the jurors, Ingrid Wicken, hugged Nazario's sobbing mother, Sandra Montanez, without speaking after the verdict was read. "I watched her all week. She was being tortured every day," Wicken said later.

Wicken said the panel acquitted Nazario because there was not enough evidence against him.

"I think you don't know what goes on in combat until you are in combat," she said.

Nazario's attorney, Kevin McDermott, said he believes the verdict will curb faulty filings.

"I don't think they are going to put on a case in the future with a lack of evidence," McDermott said.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: corrupt; fallujah; iraq; islam; jag; marines; mohammedanism; nazario; notbreaking
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To: RaceBannon

Hoorah.


21 posted on 08/28/2008 4:21:45 PM PDT by combat_boots (She lives! 22 weeks, 9.5 inches. Go, baby, go!)
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To: RaceBannon

>”I think you don’t know what goes on in combat until you are in combat,” she said.<

I don’t know where she got that opinion from but I hope that I had something to do with it.


22 posted on 08/28/2008 4:22:26 PM PDT by B4Ranch ("Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you"--John Steinbeck)
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To: RedRover; brityank; RaceBannon

Hooraaah.......


23 posted on 08/28/2008 4:23:42 PM PDT by B4Ranch ("Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you"--John Steinbeck)
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To: B4Ranch

Indeed...great news.


24 posted on 08/28/2008 4:32:37 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache (Peace Sucks. It means that somewhere there are terrorists that no one is shooting at.)
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To: My Favorite Headache

Thank you Michael Savage and Savage listeners all over!


25 posted on 08/28/2008 4:39:19 PM PDT by Blue Turtle (I)
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To: brityank
His lawyer, Kevin McDermott, had told the jury that they could not convict Mr Nazario for an alleged crime in which there were no bodies, no identities for the alleged victims and no forensic evidence of any deaths.

How this ever made it to trial in the first place is bewildering to me! Thanks, Brit, for the ping. I gave my first big WOO HOO on Red's thread. Here's another:

WOO HOO!

26 posted on 08/28/2008 4:41:35 PM PDT by Shelayne (Tagline still laughing at Obama bin Biden....)
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To: RaceBannon

Obama would want him retried. Obama despises our military.


27 posted on 08/28/2008 4:42:50 PM PDT by pleikumud
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To: RaceBannon

Thank you jury!! You are true Americans!


28 posted on 08/28/2008 4:43:41 PM PDT by Republican Die Hard (Smoke & Mirrors Baby)
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To: RaceBannon
Will Cong “Mullah-Omar” Murtha apologize? Doubt it.
29 posted on 08/28/2008 4:46:46 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: RaceBannon

30 posted on 08/28/2008 4:47:04 PM PDT by Lady Jag (The trouble isn't that there are too many fools, but that the lightning isn't distributed right)
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To: B4Ranch
I will back the woman up, I was shot at a few times on a couple of tours in VN, the rule is six feet on either side is the maximum accurate reporting radii.
31 posted on 08/28/2008 4:56:59 PM PDT by Little Bill
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To: xzins; jude24; enat

Praise the Lord.


32 posted on 08/28/2008 4:57:02 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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To: xkaydet65

No kidding.

This is good news, but this illegal trial should have never taken place.


33 posted on 08/28/2008 4:59:27 PM PDT by 2111USMC
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To: RaceBannon

I hope none of the fine people serving this country are killed or injured because they hesitated to defend themselves on account of persecutions like this!

F*** murtha.


34 posted on 08/28/2008 4:59:58 PM PDT by HankArcher ("When freedom expands to mean freedom of instinct and social destruction, then freedom is dead")
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To: RaceBannon
Devil Dogs!

Hoo Rah!

The Jurors were real Americans!

Obviously there are still some left in California!

Thank you God. The lefty liberal prosecutors deserve the loss.

Maybe they will think twice next time before conducting a political trial against a US Marine!

35 posted on 08/28/2008 5:11:05 PM PDT by Candor7 (Fascism? All it takes is for good men to say nothing, (Ridicule Obama))
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To: RaceBannon; Jarhead2844; USMCWriter; 1stbn27; 2111USMC; 2nd Bn, 11th Mar; 68 grunt; ...

I am very moved by the jurors.


36 posted on 08/28/2008 5:15:20 PM PDT by freema (MarineNiece,Daughter,Wife,Friend,Sister,Friend,Aunt,Friend,Mother,Friend,Cousin, FRiend)
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To: Anti-Bubba182

The polygrapher was doing his or her job in reporting the allegations of murder/manslaughter, however the investigation should have gone through NCIS, not the civilian court system. The judge should have dismissed the case due to a lack of standing on the part of the prosecution.


37 posted on 08/28/2008 5:25:55 PM PDT by jz638
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To: RaceBannon; freema

EXCELLENT NEWS!

Semper Fi,
Kelly


38 posted on 08/28/2008 5:33:37 PM PDT by kellynla (Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
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To: RaceBannon

This Crap Act was designed by the Communists to deplete the ranks of our military. It’s going to work if we don’t do something about. This whole fiasco is a disgrace. Americans should be ashamed of themselves for allowing it to happen. Nazario should be allowed to sue every one of the shyter “lawyers” who tried to get away with pulling this crap.


39 posted on 08/28/2008 5:33:58 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (A History and Science Minute.- "Climate change" has been going on for millions of years!)
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To: RaceBannon
The prosecuting attorney and his boss should be relieved of their duties.

A$$holes...

Yay!

Great news!

40 posted on 08/28/2008 5:45:36 PM PDT by andyandval
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