"I think you don't know what goes on in combat until you are in combat," she said.
Smart lady, kudos to her for seeing through this purely political show trial.
The jury forewoman, Ingrid Wicken, said the panel acquitted Nazario because there was not enough evidence against him.
Which is NOT the same as saying he was innocent.
Other former Marines testified during the five-day trial that they did not see Nazario kill the detainees but heard the gunshots.
So we don't know WHO killed the detainees, but we didn't SEE this guy do it.
So, sure -- legally -- you have to let the guy go. But detainees died, under gunfire, in our care.
Damn, that's ugly.
Yes, but not as ugly as trying soldiers who'd already been tried under court martial and cleared. A little thing called double-jeopardy.
acquitted of voluntary manslaughter Thursday in a first-of-its-kind federal trial.
But not the last, unless this is stopped, fast.
I don't condone the killings, not in the least, but this is a threat to our entire Constitutional system.
The jury forewoman, Ingrid Wicken, said the panel acquitted Nazario because there was not enough evidence against him.
Which is NOT the same as saying he was innocent.
Other former Marines testified during the five-day trial that they did not see Nazario kill the detainees but heard the gunshots.
So we don't know WHO killed the detainees, but we didn't SEE
this guy do it.
So, sure -- legally -- you have to let the guy go. But detainees died, under gunfire, in our care.
Damn, that's ugly.
so enlighten us? what did this guy do? who did he kill?whered is the evidence? bodies? the mystery radio call?
has anyone proven that detainess died in this instance? or is that jody thing surfacing again?