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  • Judge throws out first-degree murder charge against Navy SEAL

    03/30/2006 12:46:38 PM PST · by csvset · 21 replies · 927+ views
    Virginian Pilot ^ | March 30, 2006
    VIRGINIA BEACH – A judge today dismissed the first-degree murder charge against Navy SEAL Ronald Gasper, saying there was no evidence of premeditation. Even so, the jury could still convict Gasper of second-degree murder or manslaughter. It is not clear how that would affect his possible sentence. Gasper is accused of shooting to death a fellow SEAL, Bradley Jondahl, in 2004 after the two Navy men returned to Gasper’s apartment after a night of drinking. Gasper admits shooting Jondahl, but claims it was in self-defense. His attorney argued in court that Jondahl was in an angry, drunken rage when Gasper...