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"We have to pray that that the Marines will get a great defense."
Surely their ROE is the bottom line. How could any sane military judge not understand they had little options other then standard proceedure. If the prosecutors are really going to go the route of crap like, the Marines should have first found out who was in the houses etc., then surely this who thing just might be a political circus the DOS or Administration set up with the military to make it appear the Marines would go on trial to make it appear to the Iraqi that the Marines where being "thoroughly investigated" to and would be punished if found guilty, knowing the prosecution just does not have a case. However.
As we all are sadly aware. The hardships on the Marines and their families both emotionally as well as economically sure is a hard pill to swallow if this is all a carefully devised charade to attempt to quiet the Iraqi goon balls.

Darryl Sharratt reads a U. S. Marine Corp press release that details the murder charge against his son, Marine Lance Cpl. Justin Sharratt, prior to a briefing at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Thursday Dec. 21, 2006. Lance Cpl. Sharratt is charged with murder in the death of Iraqi civilians in the town of Haditha in 2005. Sharratt's mother, Theresa, and sister, Jaclyn, look on as Sharratt's father reads the charges that evolve eight Marines in all. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi). This reminds me of the Obstetrical Office who gave a newly bereaved mother the autopsy report of her dead infant and politely pointed her to a seat in the waiting room to read it.