[RIghtwardHo]

May be a hung jury, but I never had a case in 25 years of Prosecuting where long deliberations EVER helped the Defense ... except a hung jury.

[celmak]

Although the trial itself went on for 10 weeks, the security guards' defense team only put four witnesses on the stand, after new photographs came to light showing an AK-47 round found near a bus stop by Nisour Square just half an hour after the shooting occurred.

Gee, I know I heard that on one of the three network news outlets (SARC).

[mikefive]

I still don’t understand how they are being charged under MEJA. That is basically UCMJ for civilian contractors working on military contracts, the Blackwater guys were not on a military contract, they were working for the State Dept and therefore not under the MEJA rules.

[puppypusher]

If I were a juror in that court I would say not guilty on all of the counts.I would not even think about what could have happened on a battlefield like Iraq.

How can you make a decision to convict if you haven’t experienced the hell hole as it was.

Free the Blackwater guys now.