Well, Mendoza’s testimony doesn’t match the charges. Tatum was charged with:
“murder” of 2 children in House #2
“unlawful killing” of 1 child, 32 yr old female, 30 yr old male, 70 yr old male from house #1
injuring (”assault”) of the 2 children that survived house #1
So what is Mendoza talking about? He’s claiming that Tatum went into a roomful of women and children (sounds like house #2)and shot up the place. Why don’t the charges reflect this? It doesn’t add up.
No, it doesn't. Seems to me that the prosecutors are trying to get a conviction on the basis of Tatum being a bad Marine.
But all of it is easily overcome.
In the Sharratt case, LCpl Prentice, LCpl Casiday, LCpl Graviss, LCpl Wright, HN3 Lopez, and HN3 Whitt ALL gave incriminating testimony against Justin and none of it mattered.
And none of those Marines and hospitalmen had the motive to lie that Mendoza has.