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CPL PENNINGTON FREED: FROM GUILTY PLEA TO FREEDOM, 7.5 YEARS EARLY
other Marines | 08/10/07 | RaceBannon

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.


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: hamdania; marines; nicelink; pendleton8; pennington
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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.

1 posted on 08/10/2007 5:09:22 PM PDT by RaceBannon
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To: RaceBannon

What case is this?


2 posted on 08/10/2007 5:10:19 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
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To: RaceBannon; stowaway; jjm2111; Mrs.LoneGOPinCT; underbyte; badbackman; Bigfitz; mcswan; ...

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 now 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.


3 posted on 08/10/2007 5:10:28 PM PDT by RaceBannon (Innocent until proven guilty; The Pendleton 8: We are not going down without a fight)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Hamdania, the Pendleton 8


4 posted on 08/10/2007 5:11:54 PM PDT by RaceBannon (Innocent until proven guilty; The Pendleton 8: We are not going down without a fight)
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To: RaceBannon

Please provide some explanatory info on this case.


5 posted on 08/10/2007 5:12:24 PM PDT by yooper (If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there......)
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To: RaceBannon

Plain English, Race!


6 posted on 08/10/2007 5:13:12 PM PDT by freema (Proud Marine Niece, Daughter, Wife, Friend, Sister, Aunt, Cousin, Mother, and FRiend)
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To: 1stbn27; 2111USMC; 2nd Bn, 11th Mar; 68 grunt; A.A. Cunningham; ASOC; AirForceBrat23; Ajnin; ...

PING


7 posted on 08/10/2007 5:16:09 PM PDT by freema (Proud Marine Niece, Daughter, Wife, Friend, Sister, Aunt, Cousin, Mother, and FRiend)
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To: yooper

I guess I am guilty of expecting people to all be up on this, sorry.

Cpl Pennington is the last Marine held in the brig at Camp Pendleton, California, who took a plea bargain in the Pendleton 8 case, Hamdania.

Rob testified at the remaining courts martials, including Sgt Hutchins, who is the ONLY one who got convicted.

The outrage here is, that if they committed the crime as accused, NO ONE would be ut of the brig now, they would all be there still.


8 posted on 08/10/2007 5:16:58 PM PDT by RaceBannon (Innocent until proven guilty; The Pendleton 8: We are not going down without a fight)
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To: 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.

I think a lot of the confusion is that this should read:

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 now free.

Am I reading that right?

9 posted on 08/10/2007 5:21:36 PM PDT by Fudd Fan (Don't you worry, never fear, FDT will soon be here. http://www.imwithfred.com)
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To: RaceBannon
Race, I thought Sgt. Hutchins only went through the Art. 32 hearing. Has he already been court-martialed?
10 posted on 08/10/2007 5:22:36 PM PDT by colorado tanker (I'm unmoderated - just ask Bill O'Reilly)
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To: Fudd Fan; RaceBannon

Actually, the confusion stems from the plans for him to sit in jail for the next 8 years.


11 posted on 08/10/2007 5:22:58 PM PDT by freema (Proud Marine Niece, Daughter, Wife, Friend, Sister, Aunt, Cousin, Mother, and FRiend)
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To: freema

Well now I’m really confused.


12 posted on 08/10/2007 5:25:41 PM PDT by Fudd Fan (Don't you worry, never fear, FDT will soon be here. http://www.imwithfred.com)
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To: RaceBannon
Low said prosecutors never proved that the victim was an innocent civilian. Low, who traveled to Hamdania, said he had uncovered evidence suggesting Awad likely was an insurgent, including that he was identified on a Marine suspects list as being a marksman nicknamed the "karma sniper."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/10/AR2007081000509.html

13 posted on 08/10/2007 5:29:18 PM PDT by freema (Proud Marine Niece, Daughter, Wife, Friend, Sister, Aunt, Cousin, Mother, and FRiend)
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To: RaceBannon; All

Privates Tyler Jackson and Jerry Shumate Jr. are free!

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/militaryconnection/13850594/detail.html


14 posted on 08/10/2007 5:31:36 PM PDT by freema (Proud Marine Niece, Daughter, Wife, Friend, Sister, Aunt, Cousin, Mother, and FRiend)
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To: Fudd Fan

There’s no annual fee for membership to that club, Fudd. Not in this case, anyway. “Murder” victim unknown.


15 posted on 08/10/2007 5:34:40 PM PDT by freema (Proud Marine Niece, Daughter, Wife, Friend, Sister, Aunt, Cousin, Mother, and FRiend)
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To: Fudd Fan

no annual fee unless on is a Marine, I should say. They pay the dues.


16 posted on 08/10/2007 5:35:37 PM PDT by freema (Proud Marine Niece, Daughter, Wife, Friend, Sister, Aunt, Cousin, Mother, and FRiend)
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To: freema

on=one


17 posted on 08/10/2007 5:35:54 PM PDT by freema (Proud Marine Niece, Daughter, Wife, Friend, Sister, Aunt, Cousin, Mother, and FRiend)
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To: Fudd Fan

yeah, there is a typo that I didn’t catch until my 3rd post! :)


18 posted on 08/10/2007 5:40:13 PM PDT by RaceBannon (Innocent until proven guilty; The Pendleton 8: We are not going down without a fight)
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To: colorado tanker

Hutchins was sentenced to 15 years last week. He was the only one to complete his courts martial without any offer of a plea bargain, all others were offered plea bargains.

Pennington’s plea bargain was 8 years if he agreed to testify against his fellow Marines.


19 posted on 08/10/2007 5:43:05 PM PDT by RaceBannon (Innocent until proven guilty; The Pendleton 8: We are not going down without a fight)
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To: RaceBannon

These Marines and so many others have been royally screwed over. It is absolutely disgusting.


20 posted on 08/10/2007 5:47:34 PM PDT by Flora McDonald (Stand The Storm!)
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