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  • Afghan killings suspect chooses 'Barefoot Bandit' lawyer

    03/15/2012 7:43:22 PM PDT · by Mariner · 92 replies
    Associated Press ^ | Mar 15, 2012 at 1:19 PM PDT | GENE JOHNSON
    SEATTLE (AP) - A Seattle attorney who represented a teenage thief known as the "Barefoot Bandit" said Thursday he has been asked to represent the U.S. soldier accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan civilians last weekend. John Henry Browne told The Associated Press the 38-year-old staff sergeant is from the Seattle area and asked to be represented by him when he was taken into custody. Brown, a prominent Seattle defense lawyer, said he has met with the sergeant's family, and unless the soldier is returned to Joint Base Lewis-McChord in the next few days, he will travel to meet the soldier...
  • Lawyer: Afghan suspect's friend had leg blown off

    03/15/2012 8:48:46 PM PDT · by Free ThinkerNY · 44 replies
    Associated Press ^ | March 15, 2012 | GENE JOHNSON
    SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. soldier accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan villagers last weekend saw his friend's leg blown off the day before the rampage, his lawyer said Thursday. Seattle attorney John Henry Browne told The Associated Press that according to his client's family, the suspect was standing next to another U.S. soldier when that soldier was gravely injured.