Thin Air: Evidence Fails to Materialize in Fallujah Murder Trial

Defend Our Marines ^ | August 26, 2008 | Nathaniel R. Helms

[jazusamo]

Thanks, Red. Looks like the case is every bit as thin as we thought it was. Anxious to hear the defense case, the prosecution should be ripped.

[Marine_Uncle]

This should be wrapped up soon. They don’t have a damn thing on this Marine.

[RedRover]

The prosecution is taking its best shots today. We’ll hear in a couple-few hours whether they managed to land any punches. So far, as you say, the prosecution is swinging at nothing but air.

[Marine_Uncle]

Roger that.

[SandRat]

Can you here us now Cong “Mullah-Omar” Murtha!

You lying sack of S***!

[brityank]

The only surprise is that the prosecution produced photos of the house (taken by NCIS investigators).

I thought there was a report made that the prosecutors and NCIS could not 1) readily identify the exact house, and 2) were not able to return due to the ground conditions at the time? If they're using shots of a 'similar' house, I hope that gets brought out to the jury big-time -- it's a big indicator of perjury and false prosecution.

Thanks for the heads-up; good info.

[Girlene]

The only surprise is that the prosecution produced photos of the house (taken by NCIS investigators).

Good catch, brit and Red. Wait just a durn minute, here. Supposedly, the owners of that house (who left Fallujah before the battle), said nothing was amiss. All their peeps were accounted for, they didn't notice blood stains, etc.

So what house were they showing? Were there blood stains shown in any photos? If 4 people were killed in a house that didn't belong to them, wouldn't they be called insurgents, terrorist, what-have-you?

Brit's right......something's not right here.

[lilycicero]

So what house were they showing?

Oh poooo...don't tell me they are saying McCain owns the house.

[Girlene]

We know that Fox is dangling a murder charge over Nelson's head, a charge apparently so weak that the government will drop the whole thing if he just testifies that one of his buddies murdered someone.

We know this sleazy, despicable tactic is by design meant to generate confessions that someone else did something bad. It is a scare tactic used solely to score a conviction. It offers nothing in the way of truth and impedes justice.

I strongly suspect Fox of dangling the same rancid offer over Carlisle's head, and his garbled testimony lends that suspicion some footing.

Interesting observations, 4wb.

[brityank]

I’m not sure, but I think that little gem was in the prosecutors charge-sheet for one of these guys, if not Nazario himself. I do know that Nazario’s counsel did not get to go to the location; that they said in their response.

Sommat’s rotten in that courthouse, and it’s not the defendant!

[4woodenboats]

I can't think of a case that's been brought to our attention that hasn't at some point involved bribing one defendant to testify against another, but my memory noodles were inadvertantly weaved amongst and ultimately overrun by humor noodles, so I could be wrong.

What's a more powerful, valuable bribe than a lifetime of freedom?

All these cases seem to have massive, overblown charges against anyone even remotely connected with the case - charges that will put the defendants in prison for much of or the rest of their lives.

The only way to get the US Government to give them back their freedom is to speak the lie that the prosecution has put before them.

How strong must your honor be to give up the rest of your life instead of making one false accusation?

How could a jury possibly consider an accusation by someone who has just taken a bribe that's worth more than any amount of money?

These tactics are beyond contempt.

[4woodenboats]

Oh poooo...don't tell me they are saying McCain owns the house

LOL

[Girlene]

Oh poooo...don't tell me they are saying McCain owns the house.

LOL. Would that make it number 8 that the prosecutor (Assistant US Attorney Jerry Behnke?) decided to show the jury?

[lilycicero]

TWINS.

To answer Girlene’s tag....I know what a perfect insurgent looks like.

[bigheadfred]

I know what a perfect insurgent looks like.

Yeah, Stretched out dead on the front room floor.

[lilycicero]

bing bing bing bing bing......

I would have accepted dead...but you had to go visual.

[bigheadfred]

How could a jury possibly consider an accusation by someone who has just taken a bribe that's worth more than any amount of money?

Hopefully there is at least one brave person on the jury with enough brains to bollix the whole thing.

And this "judge" needs to have his citizenship revoked.

And let's bring back the original meaning of "being stoned".

[RedRover]

Just posted on Defend Our Marines...

BREAKING NEWS IN NAZARIO CASE!

Judge says: "Get this case to the jury Thursday morning."

Nat Helms will have the full story of the day's events, but I may not be able to post it until tomorrow morning. In brief, the prosecution witnesses were so awful that they utterly deflated the case. I think everyone (including the prosecutor) just wants to get this thing over with.

[B4Ranch]

Prayers do work! Get Nazario to cover and then only Nelson and Weemer will be left on the firing line.

[lilycicero]

Smooches to the prosecution witness....way to go!!!!!