Posted on 08/27/2007 12:05:10 PM PDT by LibWhacker
HONOLULU, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Several U.S. Army soldiers killed in a helicopter crash in Iraq last week were to be witnesses in the homicide trial of their former superior.
Honolulu's KITV reported Sunday that some of the soldiers who died in the crash had been scheduled to testify in the trial of Sgt. 1st Class Trey Corrales, who is accused of orchestrating the death of an Iraqi detainee this year.
Corrales, who was in the same Hawaii-based platoon as the soldiers killed in Wednesday's crash, allegedly shot the detainee repeatedly June 23. He is accused of then ordering his subordinate and fellow defendant, Spc. Christopher Shore, to continue shooting the man. The detainee died from those wounds.
Retired military lawyer Earle Partington said the loss of the witnesses could prove detrimental to the prosecution's case against the pair.
"If these witnesses are no longer alive, there is no way for the accused or their counsel to question them. Unfortunately, it could mean that there is no trial," Partington told the TV station. "Obviously, it depends on what witnesses the government still has."
In other news, tinfoil sales skyrocket.
Alex Jones will be on to this in no time! :)
I wonder if all those soldiers that died in the crash were also supposed to testify against the Clinton’s any time soon...
I’m not all that sure that some local conspiracy nuts won’t make the accusation first.
Hrm - if they want to make a link between helicopter crashes and witnesses to potential wrongdoing, Mr. Clinton might get nervous...
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