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| | Is This Part of The all Volunteer, Military ?? | | | | Sunday, August 31, 2008 (2:45 PM) | | 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.
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.
Prosecutors alleged that Nazario either killed or caused others to kill four unarmed Iraqi detainees in Fallujah during "Operation Phantom Fury," which resulted in house-to-house fighting.
Other former Marines testified during the five-day trial that they did not see Nazario kill detainees but heard the gunshots.
The case came to light in 2006 when Sgt. Ryan Weemer, Nazario's former squadmate, volunteered details to a U.S. Secret Service job interviewer during a lie-detector screening that included a question about the most serious crime he ever committed. That screening was not admitted at Nazario's trial.
Weemer and another Marine, Sgt. Jermaine Nelson, face military charges of unpremeditated murder and dereliction of duty. Both maintain their innocence, and both were found in contempt of court for refusing to testify against Nazario.
Had Nazario been convicted of voluntary manslaughter, assault with a deadly weapon and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, he could have faced more than 10 years in prison.
On Wednesday, federal prosecutor Jerry Behnke urged the jury to convict Nazario, saying he violated his duty as a Marine and must be held accountable for his actions in Fallujah. He said the evidence showed the detainees had surrendered before the shooting.
Nazario's attorney, Kevin McDermott, told jurors they could not convict the former Marine sergeant of an alleged crime in which there were no bodies, no identities and no forensics. He also argued that a guilty verdict would only make service members second-guess their actions in combat.
Nazario is the first former military service member brought to trial under the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act, which was written in 2000 and amended in 2004 primarily to allow prosecution of civilian contractors who commit crimes while working for the U.S. overseas. It also allows the prosecution of military dependents and former military service members accused of committing crimes outside the United States.
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| | Living where you want to, after retirement, or on government assistance !!! ???? | | | Tuesday, August 26, 2008 (10:27 AM)
(I'm feeling angry) | | Has anyone been told they have to live here or there because they have income from government... either a pention
or assistance ?????? I was told I had to live in the usa while drawing assistance from this fine caring government of MINE.
I last heard this, is it true ?
I really don't give a shit why, just is it leagal ?
If so why is america the only place to spend this great amount of money ? Go ahead try to tell me its correct !
I know america is the only place that people really care about each other,
and know how to tell me where I can spen money that I'm entitled to....
yes I said entitled to ....
I'm not afraid to define these words even if most americans can't ... and put them up for a vote.
No, No, No voting is not the american way ... just complaing is.
I've heard and se3e3n this for the last 40 plus years also ... and we have to change the meanings of words all the time ...
ask George Carlon, he just died awhile back. He had alot of answers to todays problems. Strange they can vote in most elections condoned by liberal democrats but not refered to after their daths by other political type americans.
yes I'm an angry American ... it seems I had better just fade away this way too........................... maybe I will, maybe I won't.
Seems I still have time to put that in my craw !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Which may not sit very well with some, who really don't care about the quality of life, here in AMERICA.
Well, I say fuck them !!!! All !!!!!!!!!
Foolish old, maybe one last hurah ! left in this body ....!??
Bob Marshall | | | | 11 Views | 2 Thumbs Up | 1 Comment | |
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| | Trying to Kep up !!! It's a waste of time ! | | | Tuesday, August 26, 2008 (4:46 AM)
(I'm feeling angry) | | Ok here goes, I just deleted... I think 1whitecrowe.... I don't have time to watch people destroy other good people here on LV. For no apparent reason except they have the time to do it, and the know how.
I started watching LV vids ... why, because other people had a life... I did not seem to have one, and perhaps I still don't. For whatever reason. I can't even get my wife of 23 years to acknowledge that I haven't had one. And still don't ... she thinks I'm in some kind of denial.
Then I started to cryout for help ... no just comments made to some vids I saw. Then the questons started ... I answered them honestly ... then the friend thing ... real and internet
etc... then the problems with LV admins ... I actually made some friends on LV ... I had not had a friend ... since 1969. None till 2008, on LV. Then the problems with the, I called them queers ... to my self. Myself thats all I had to work with, besides the LV vids. Not homosexuals but queers. Yes I learned to use the N word also, but it meant differant than today, as with most of the modern vocabulary. You see I was locked in back in 1965 or 1966 .... I don't know where I am today but its not a cozy 2008.
And don't get me started on our choices for a president of the USA ...
This coming from someone that has listened to social security disability insurance psychiatrists since 1980 ... and has not goten my head out of my ass since then.
I've taken the meds faithfully .. they prescribed until recently .. through a nother psyc-
hiatrist...
So what does this all mean ?? I'm right back where I started from, a lot of friends are gone or discouraged, I'm not just trying to figure out why the good people seem to always retire from the fight early ... I know what my reasons were, and some other peoples, but how does this happen in the USA ???????????
Chris Plante, and Mark Levin have helped me find most of the political answers, and
I do believe all politics, start at home .... and right out the front door each day.
Bob Marshall
father, son, brother, husband, and old fool !
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| | ??? | | | Tuesday, July 29, 2008 (6:50 PM)
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| | Mostly back, 7/24 +/- 3 hrs.... | | | Sunday, July 27, 2008 (4:12 PM)
(I'm feeling busy) | | Finally I can add from my feeble mind, a comment...
Right on all...
THANKS, Flying high -Argent009...
I'm not back all the way so watchout, the attention whore bob is coming back...three cheers for katy & octoboutstudios et al.
All these others need more...is 50 mg. zoloft, and 5 mg of ambifly, chased with some fresh apple cider
vinegar. Bob of lynneandbob followed by MMM
and Mrhaney1 and some OldMarine with ZACK
and Jen and Joe living in canada in August and Palerider visiting in VA...and trucking through utah with ??? (paleriders ??)...and all my subscribers and friends vids....don't forget to listen to wmal.com.. all you so called Americans...Have a great, and prosperous year.
Vipor, electrojed, et al here I come...you too Jim Wayne et al...I just got a new cooking grill at home depot...
Argent009, OLDMARINE...you better hang in there till 2070 at least. Bob | | | | 16 Views | 0 Thumbs Up | 0 Comments | |
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| | A Real Comedian, of our time. | | | Tuesday, June 24, 2008 (1:03 AM)
(I'm feeling calm) | | | A longtime comedian, I was able to watch. Thank You, George. | | | | 38 Views | 0 Thumbs Up | 0 Comments | |
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