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Attorney describes Edmond Marine’s defense [Haditha Marine gets standing ovation]
The Oklahoman ^
| November 21, 2008
| JAY F. MARKS
Posted on 11/27/2008 6:44:44 AM PST by RedRover
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I've been saving this for a Thanksgiving post, mostly for the paragraph in bold. I thought members of the Haditha Marine Ping List (for whom I am very thankful) would like to see it.
I had a chance to speak with Jack Zimmermann (second from left in the photo below, flanked by Steve Tatun and his parents) after the event.
Unfortunately for posterity, Zimmermann didn't write a speech. He spoke for from a broad outline, and the presentation went for over 75 minutes. As the story states, it was to a group of defense lawyers, who had invited some prosecutors. There was also a senior federal district judge, the Presiding Judge of the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals, and the incoming Vice-Chief Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, all Marines.
Zimmermann said he also introduced Tatum's parents, who also got a standing ovation.
Zimmermann told me, "I basically illustrated to an enthusiastic audience why good people need good lawyers, and why defense lawyers should never give up. Our current client, 1Lt Michael Behenna, facing murder charges out of Iraq, was represented by his parents. He and LCpl Tatum are both from Edmond, Oklahoma."
Regarding the Behenna case, Zimmermann said, "Were going to give him the same full-court defense.
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posted on
11/27/2008 6:44:45 AM PST
by
RedRover
To: 4woodenboats; American Cabalist; AmericanYankee; AndrewWalden; Antoninus; AliVeritas; ardara; ...
This ping is dedicated to that prairie flower of feminity, lilycicero, who really knows how to carve a turkey....
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posted on
11/27/2008 6:48:46 AM PST
by
RedRover
(DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
To: All
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!And, hey, a buddy of mine in Iraq sent me some photos of their Thanksgiving turkey hunt (see below).
God bless our troops!
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posted on
11/27/2008 6:54:12 AM PST
by
RedRover
(DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
To: RedRover
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posted on
11/27/2008 6:55:08 AM PST
by
lilycicero
(I can carve a pumpkin better. Happy Thanksgiving!!!)
To: RedRover
Thanks for the story and happy Thanksgiving. May all of the wrongly accused be home and free for Christmas!
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posted on
11/27/2008 6:59:40 AM PST
by
dynachrome
(Obama yunikku khinaaziir)
To: dynachrome
Happy Thanksgiving to you, dyna, and all infidels, at home and abroad!
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posted on
11/27/2008 7:01:57 AM PST
by
RedRover
(DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
To: RedRover
John Murtha is a pos, bump.
5.56mm
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posted on
11/27/2008 7:06:08 AM PST
by
M Kehoe
To: lilycicero
I hope you’re enjoying your Hanzo Hattori cutlery this holiday season.
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posted on
11/27/2008 7:07:10 AM PST
by
RedRover
(I know you prefer your Glock.)
To: RedRover
Are you having a Turger today?
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posted on
11/27/2008 7:38:15 AM PST
by
lilycicero
(I didn't ck the poweball # yet. (Turger...turkey burger...))
To: RedRover
Happy Thanksgiving to you and all your kith and kin.
Semper Fi.
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posted on
11/27/2008 7:47:50 AM PST
by
Grimmy
(equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
To: lilycicero; RedRover
Turger...turkey burger...Glad you cleared that up. I thought it was the sound you make when the PUSH is on..
Happy Thanksgiving
Thanks for the ping, Red. Praying for all our people in uniform.
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posted on
11/27/2008 8:06:16 AM PST
by
bigheadfred
(FREE EVAN VELA, freeevanvela.com)
To: RedRover
To: RedRover
good job, Red There was also a senior federal district judge, the Presiding Judge of the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals, and the incoming Vice-Chief Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, all Marines.
The title "MARINE" - goes deeper than party or politics.
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posted on
11/27/2008 8:35:53 AM PST
by
stylin19a
( Real Men don't declare unplayable lies)
To: RedRover
Great post and a great story on this Thanksgiving Day.
Lance Cpl. Stephen Tatum, the Haditha Marines and all their family members deserve that standing ovation.
God Bless them all.
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posted on
11/27/2008 8:36:50 AM PST
by
jazusamo
(But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
To: RedRover
Tatum, who was at the meeting with his parents, drew a standing ovation from the crowd of more than 150 lawyers and their guests when Zimmerman introduced him as a "hero.
Beautiful. Outstanding Thanksgiving thread!! Here's another standing Ovation!
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posted on
11/27/2008 8:37:32 AM PST
by
Girlene
(Happy Thinksgiving)
To: RedRover; lilycicero
that prairie flower of feminity, lilycicero, who really knows how to carve a turkey.... It's rumored everyone observing the carving does so from an adjacent room. ;-)
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posted on
11/27/2008 8:42:52 AM PST
by
jazusamo
(But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
To: RedRover
>> Haditha Marine gets standing ovation
Indeed. Thanks for the update Red.
Happy Thanksgiving guys and gals!
To: Grimmy
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posted on
11/27/2008 9:50:32 AM PST
by
RedRover
(DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
To: RedRover
No, no, no, no, not God bless John Murtha!
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posted on
11/27/2008 9:55:03 AM PST
by
RushLake
(Typical White person.)
To: jazusamo
I got put on cookie patrol...frosting turkeys.
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posted on
11/27/2008 9:56:47 AM PST
by
lilycicero
(I wish Red would introduce me to that camo turkey.)
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