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I’ve often wondered if a citizen could eventually appeal to the Supreme Court because of lack of due process over violation of “right to a speedy trial.”
We all know that Wuterich is innocent of any crime.
However, there comes a point in the prosecution’s inability to present a case where they have effectively admitted that they have no case.
I assume that at least one aspect of “the right to a speedy trial” is to prevent prosecution from making up and re-interpreting and shaping evidence due to distance in time from the actual events.
In the real Marines, Staff Sergeant Wuterich would have had a least two more looks at promotion by now. When he is finally exhonerated, he should be receive higher rank back pay for those lost years.
From Frank's lawyers:
"SSgt Frank Wuterich’s court-martial, scheduled to begin on June 27, 2011, has been postponed until further notice by the Navy-Marine Corps Court of Appeals (NMCCA). The court is reviewing whether or not the Marine Corps improperly removed SSgt Wuterich’s active duty military attorney from the case, thus severing the attorney/client privilege. The continuation of the scheduled court-martial depends on their decision on the defense motion requesting the Marine Corps repair that attorney client privilege."
SSgt Frank Wuterich’s Haditha Trial Still Pending
If the NMCCA rules that it is impossible to repair the attorney client privilege that Frank is entitled to, then I would think the case has to be thrown out.
Thanks Jazz.