Marine Sergeant Lawrence Hutchins during his court martial. (Salem News)
Advocates Call Iraq Marine's Court Martial and Conviction Into QuestionRead the whole thing here.
A Marine convicted for murder in Iraq is receiving increasing public support by those who believe he is not guilty. Marine Sergeant Lawrence Hutchins has been sentenced to 15-years for the killings in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq.
Lawrence Hutchins has been in solitary confinement in the Camp Pendleton brig since his conviction and sentencing by a military panel last month. He is now out of solitary confinement. It is reported that he will remain in a multi-man cell until the government decides where he will serve his 15-year sentence.
But a lawyer for Hutchins is preparing papers seeking clemency. It seems there were many questionable aspects to his General Court martial. The case was also automatically forwarded to the Navy-Marine Court of Criminal Appeal for review.
Hmmm, well isn't this just wonderful treating, 'volunteers' with such love and respect for putting their lives on the line...
ReplyDeleteThe very idea that terrorist towel heads are given the same rights as uniformed combatants is beyond bizzare...
I've got to imagine that the reasoning offered publically for this: Bush War Adviser Says Draft Worth a Look is hardly the whole reason...
The very idea that terrorist towel heads are given the same rights as uniformed combatants is beyond bizzare...
ReplyDeleteYou'd best sit down for this. Gitmo detainees have more rights. These military courts aren't subject to judicial review. They aren't subject to congressional oversight. And there are those in the JAG that say that soldiers forfeit their Fifth Amendment rights in military court cases.
EXCUSE ME??? When did the Constitution not protect everyone? When did the constitutional become unconstitutional? This is crap & it must be changed ASAP.
Without judicial review, these military officers are a law unto themselves, which is an awful idea.
The more I read of these cases, the more clear it becomes to me that every JAG officer needs to relieved of duty and that we need to start over with a totally new batch of lawyers for the military. And I believe that many of the senior JAG officers should be on trial themselves for both conduct unbecoming an officer and for treasonous support of the enemy in the time of war. Senator Graham needs to join them.
ReplyDeleteGary, where do you think the UCMJ came from? The congress in some cases are the only oversight that military members have. The big problem is that the military members should have all rights under the law and the Gitmo group should be shot when they're no longer useful. And that fact should be made known to all of the detainees, stop being useful then bye bye. Not to mention the witnesses and accusers from the middle east should be vetted completely, any odd references and bye bye. Send people to possibly die in the service of their country, then you back them.
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