The Pendleton 8 (Hamdania), 3/5 Marines
Posted on 08/10/2007 5:09:21 PM PDT by RaceBannon
Cpl Rob Pennington is now a free man. He recently took a plea bargain for a murder charge, testified against his fellow Marines, and is not free.
Only Sgt Hutchin's is in Jail.
8 Men, all charged with Murder, Kidnapping, Assault, whatever...now one is left in jail, the rest are free.
That doesn't happen if they had evidence.
But he has been released?!?!?
Pennington is released, I typoed in the first 2 posts, it was corrected in the 3rd
What and when was the plea? How in the Sam Hill did I miss that? EVERYBODY’s free but Hutchins and we’re still waiting on how many officers?????
Did the Haditha Dam break, FGS?!
Published Feb 18, 2007
Marine Gets Eight Years for Iraqi Murder
A Marine was sentenced to Eight Years in prison on Saturday for his involvement in the April killing of a 52-year-old Iraqi man. He was the fifth of eight American soldiers to plead guilty in connection with incident. Lance Cpl. Robert Pennington, 22, initially pled guilty to Pennington pleaded guilty last Tuesday to charges of murder, kidnapping, housebreaking, larceny and conspiracy but the murder, housebreaking, and larceny charges will be dismissed if he abides by a plea bargain that would require him to testify for the government. Pennington had testified that while he did assist in restraining and transporting Awad, he did not shoot the victim. As a part of the plea bargain, prosecutors dropped murder, larceny and housebreaking charges. According to the plea agreement, Pennington will have to testify against the remaining three Marines. Two of them have stated they plan to fight the murder and conspiracy charges.
So what happened to the kidnapping and conspiracy and the 8 years? Poof! It’s gone?
By: TERI FIGUEROA - Staff writer
CAMP PENDLETON -- Another of the Marines convicted for a role in the execution of an Iraqi man walked free Friday after a general granted him clemency by slashing his eight-year sentence.
Pvt. Robert Pennington had struck a deal earlier this year, pleading guilty to a role in a kidnap and killing plot that left an Iraqi man dead on the side of a road in the rural village of Hamdania on April 26, 2006.
Eight squad mates from Kilo Company of the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment were convicted for playing a role that night.
The decision by Lt. Gen. James Mattis to free Pennington after 15 months in jail leaves only one defendant left behind bars: Sgt. Lawrence Hutchins, who crafted the plan and led his squad through its execution.
Last week, a jury convicted Hutchins of unpremeditated murder and handed him a 15-year prison sentence. Marine officials said Mattis is still considering how to handle Hutchins' case.
Earlier this week, Mattis freed two othe junior Marines convicted in the case, shaving a few months from their sentences.
Two others served their jail time and got out earlier this year. And two others were convicted but released from jail by military juries in recent weeks.
According to testimony from court proceedings, the frustrated squad went after a suspected insurgent believed to be behind roadside bombings and attacks on U.S. troops. When they couldn't get to him, they grabbed and killed his neighbor
In announcing the clemency decision for Pennington, military officials said Mattis took into account that, at the time of the incident, the 21-year-old Pennington was a lance corporal who was neither a squad leader nor a fire team leader. Pennington did not fire his weapon.
The Pendleton 8 (Hamdania), 3/5 Marines
.....meanwhile a mother sits behind bars for putting panties on a prisoner’s head......
Abslolutely great news about Cpl. Pennington, many prayers have been answered. Lt. Gen. Mattis has done the right thing.
Thanks for the ping, Ma.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-marine11aug11,0,4132551.story?coll=la-home-world
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN1028301520070811
“Robert Pennington was one of seven Marines and a Navy medic who set out to kidnap and kill a suspected insurgent but instead seized Hashim Ibrahim Awad, a disabled police officer known to support the American occupation, according to defendants’ testimony.”
I hadn’t seen that before, that Awad was known to support the American occupation. Is that accurate?
http://www.theconservativevoice.com/article/27192.html
MURTHAWATCHPING
At least she was guilty....<\sarc>
wHOa. I missed that! GOOD catch! And no, I don’t think you’d seen it before. That’s a first. A rooters scoop from the 72 virgins, perhaps?
1. No one knows who the alleged dead man is.
2. One of the possibilities was a known insurgent.
3. The other possibility was a highly suspected insurgent.
4. Either one would be an illegal combantant.
5. That makes it not murder unless the rules of engagement have changed, yet again.
Thanks for that link, I saw that today and it’s typical murtha.
Every dog has his day and dog murtha’s day is coming soon. His slandering of the Haditha Marines is going to bite fat jack murtha right in the butt, IMO.
Lookie here, too:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,292888,00.html
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