Posted on 06/30/2008 6:23:40 PM PDT by RedRover
Please pray for Johnny and his defense team, as his Article 32 hearing will be at Camp Pendleton tomorrow. Please pray that everything goes well and the truth is heard. The hearing will likely take 1-2 days (or more) however, we will not know of any definitive answer of any sort for awhile.
Please visit Johnny's Website: JohnnyWinnick.com.
Thanks for all your comments and support!
Prayers going up for Johnny and his family...
Has anyone seen the trial outcomes on the dozens of insurgents that captures, trotured beheaded and mutilated the bodies of civilians and even women care workers?
Is VC Murtha working on that?
Ping
Thanks for posting, Red.
Prayers for Sgt. Winnick and his family, hopefully charges will be dropped as a result of this Art. 32 hearing.
Prayers Up!
A shotgun!?!
Specific details about the shootings that took place at or near Combat Outpost Golden near Lake Tharthar in Iraq's western Anbar province were not available.
I will definitely be interested to hear about the "specific details".
The ridiculous rules of engagement were not written to help and protect Marines. They were written in a way that entraps them and puts their lives in greater danger.
Prayers up for Sgt. Winnick!
This was his FOURTH combat deployment and I have to believe he could tell good guys from bad guys. I’m glad to see he has Gary Myers for his defense attorney. He is a very good attorney from what I can tell.
“A shotgun!?!”
A shotgun, an assault rifle, a claymore mine or whatever — it is all the same to the MSM.
I checked back on the dates in the Justin Sharratt case. The hearing ended on June 15, 2007 with the IO saying the evidence did not support murder charges. But the IO's report (recommending that charges be dropped) wasn't written until July 6. We didn't hear about the contents of the report until July 11. And, finally, the Convening Authority (then Gen Mattis) didn't officially drop the charges until August 9. So that's a little less than two months of waiting even when the IO had already clearly signalled his intentions.
Yes, Myers is about the best there is. He won an acquittal for Capt Medina in the My Lai case as an Army lawyer. And, of course, he set the tone for the whole Haditha case by helping to win the exoneration of Justin Sharratt.
From what I’ve heard, there are no fellow Marines accusing Sgt Winnick. Hard to tell how charges came to be filed in the first place. I suspect he may have failed to get proper permission before shooting or something along those lines. That’s total speculation on my part. We’ll find out tomorrow (I hope).
I initially suspected that, too, until I saw "shotgun". That changes everything. That's close range, and that means you don't seek permission. Sgt Winnick is a seasoned (four tours) combat veteran and should be given every benefit of the doubt. Right off the bat, this case looks like yet another malicious prosecution.
Praying
Thanks for laying that out. I remember it took a long time but had forgotten it was that long. The waiting and not knowing certainly does, as you say, leave them twisting in the wind.
Agreed about the benefit of the doubt. The shotgun is definitely a WTF for me. Hopefully, the NC Times will be there tomorrow.
I had to ask Justin about the shotgun, and he said they did have them as a back-up weapon. They also used them for shooting the hinges off of doors, then they would kick the door in.
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