VERDICT IN THE LT GRAYSON TRIAL: NOT GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS!

Defend Our Marines ^ | June 4, 2008 | David Allender

[RedRover]

Lt Andrew Grayson, a defendant in the infamous Haditha case, has been found not guilty on all counts by a seven-member panel of Marine officers at Camp Pendleton.

Developing, details to follow.

[maine-iac7]

Now, time to march on Murtha’s office!

WE all aught to send emails to be waiting on that scum's office in the morning - let him know what we think of him - let him have it bounce around in his evil head in the dark of his nights...and it will.

Most effective would one or two words, short phrase - things that he will remember and that will echo in his brain forever - these good men's lives have been altered forever - Murtha should at least know what we think of him...

[lilycicero]

Want to suck some helium from your balloon? Come on...I bet Buford will like your voice like that mixed with the bubbly.

[Girlene]

LOL. After today, I’m up for the challenge! LMBO.

[Velveeta]

Prayers answered!

[3D-JOY]

Great News, thanks BufordP!

[mojo114]

Thank God, Sigh of relief. Worried about his future and the family and friends that surround that have spent so much money into this disgrace of a trial.

[Girlene]

Marine acquitted in Haditha killing cover-up case

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - A military jury acquitted a Marine intelligence officer Wednesday of charges that he tried to help cover up the killings of 24 Iraqis.

Cheers erupted as the seven-officer panel cleared 1st Lt. Andrew Grayson, who was the first of three Marines to be tried in the biggest U.S. criminal case involving Iraqi deaths linked to the war. The verdict came just five hours after deliberations began.

The judge, Maj. Brian E. Kasprzyk, admonished the noisy courtroom, saying: "There will be no more of that."

Grayson, who has always maintained he did nothing wrong, was not at the scene of the killings of men, women and children on Nov. 19, 2005, in Haditha. He was accused of telling a sergeant to delete photographs of the dead from a digital camera and laptop computer.

Outside the courtroom, a visibly emotional Grayson said the verdict was an end to a terrible ordeal.

"It's finally time for me to get to be with my family," he said, fighting back tears.

His wife, Susan, cried as she said what she had only dared to think about for months: "It's over."

Grayson, of Springboro, Ohio, was acquitted of two counts of making false official statements, two counts of trying to fraudulently separate from service and one count of attempt to deceive by making false statements. He would have faced as many as 20 years in prison if convicted of all counts.

Grayson said he refused a deal early in the case that would have reduced charges and kept him out of jail.

"I was the one that had to look at myself in the mirror," he said. "To take the easy way out, you are the one that has to live with that."

He said the charges that he helped cover up by ordering the photos to be deleted appears to be the result of a misunderstanding. He has always maintained he was following Marine Corps policy that prohibits photos of Iraqi bodies on personal computers.

Grayson's attorney, Joseph Casas, said he believed the verdict could influence pending prosecutions.

"I think it sets the tone for the overall whirlwind Haditha has been. It's been a botched investigation from the get-go," he said. "I believe in the end all of the so-called Haditha Marines who still have to face trial will be exonerated."

Prosecutors did not make themselves available for comment.".....

[Lancey Howard]

The prosecutor started his closing arguments via a Power Point presentation--but he couldn't get his hyperlinks to work. Some days you should just stay in bed.

LMAO!!!
On the other hand, I'm a little surprised that the judge allowed the prosecutors to use a Power Point presentation. I wonder if he just set a precedent?

[jazusamo]

Thanks Girl, good post! And thanks for the bold statements, they kinda give meaning to the old saying that “You can’t cheat an honest man.”

[Lancey Howard]

There's too many great passages in that story to quote them all, but you highlighted a couple of the best. Here's another of my favorites:

Grayson's attorney, Joseph Casas, said he believed the verdict could influence pending prosecutions.

"I think it sets the tone for the overall whirlwind Haditha has been. It's been a botched investigation from the get-go," he said. "I believe in the end all of the so-called Haditha Marines who still have to face trial will be exonerated."

[onemiddleamerican]

This is very good news! Congratulations and best wishes to the Grayson family!

If anyone in the MSM had even half a testicle, they would be on the phone to John Murtha and asking him when he plans to publicly apologize for all of his accusations against our Always Faithful United States Marines. John Murtha is a disgrace.

[SeaHawkFan]

I hope they sleep in for a week, then restart their lives.

I hope they have a great celebratory _______. and then go to sleep.

[Shelayne]

The judge, Maj. Brian E. Kasprzyk, admonished the noisy courtroom, saying: "There will be no more of that."

Oh, *pffffft*, Judgie, there will (hopefully, prayerfully) be a WHOLE lot more of that! WOO HOO!!

[jazusamo]

Oh, *pffffft*, Judgie, there will (hopefully, prayerfully) be a WHOLE lot more of that! WOO HOO!!

LOL!! RIGHT ON! ;-)

[baa39]

This is great news! Folks, let’s not forget a soldier who was not so fortunate to be acquitted ... another victim of politics ... young Sergeant Vela. See my homepage for websites with more info.

If you can do something, send a letter as recommended, etc, and have not yet done so, that is one real way to SUPPORT OUR TROOPS!

[canadianally]

Congratulations, from Canada. Now please go after Murtha. That be-o-otch is a disgrace to pass judgement befoe the trial. (Yes, a Canadian has followed the trial since day one.)

[Allegra]

The prosecutor started his closing arguments via a Power Point presentation--but he couldn't get his hyperlinks to work.

LOL - what would our military do without Power Point?

[SunkenCiv]

a defendant in the infamous Haditha case

...who should be given a spot on the speaker's list at the Pubbie convention.

[napscoordinator]

More than anything, this slam dunk means the government owes this family dearly for the hell that they UNNECESSARILY put them through.

They owe them buckloads of money.

They won’t get a dime guaranteed. Maybe they all can write a book.

[river rat]

Many of us recognized — this outcome was NECESSARY.

Any other outcome would have destroyed the morale and warrior ethos of the Marine Corps...

We send our young sons and daughters to destroy those who would destroy us..
It is an undertaking which can't be accomplished with sterile or fairy tale outcomes — especially when dealing with an enemy of the militant Islamist mentality.

The only alternative to sending our Grunts into the neighborhoods of the enemy to root them out and destroy them to the extent possible -— at great risk to themselves — is to destroy the entire neighborhood/city and EVERYONE in it from the air.

Don't make the Grunt’s work any more impossible than it is..
Don't expect 100% perfection -— be grateful for the 99.9% our warriors have delivered...

Murtha should be pulled from office and “dealt with”...

All the results to date, on this matter — leaves me convinced that:

At the core - it's STILL the Corps.