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Jury weighs fate of Marine accused of POW killing
North County Times ^
| MARK WALKER
Posted on 04/08/2009 6:39:14 PM PDT by Dubya
CAMP PENDLETON ----- Eight Marine Corps officers are weighing the fate of a sergeant accused of killing an Iraqi insurgent prisoner of war in what a prosecutor acknowledged is a "tough case." The panel is deciding whether 26-year-old Sgt. Ryan Weemer committed murder, as the prosecution alleges, or acted in self-defense, as the Illinois native's attorney contends. At minimum, prosecutor Capt. Nicholas Gannon told jurors Wednesday that Weemer is guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the 2004 incident that occurred in the opening hours of an intense, door-to-door fight for the Anbar province city of Fallujah.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: muslim; pendleton; trial; unjust; usmc; weemer
Sgt. Ryan Weemer
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posted on
04/08/2009 6:39:15 PM PDT
by
Dubya
To: Dubya
Prosecutor says ‘tough case’ ... should = aquital.
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posted on
04/08/2009 6:41:07 PM PDT
by
dodger
To: dodger
sholud = have never happened......
To: Dubya
I have a real problem with trying our boys for this its war bad things happen
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posted on
04/08/2009 6:47:52 PM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi Mom)
To: al baby
I have a real problem with trying our boys for this its war bad things happen So do I.
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posted on
04/08/2009 6:50:29 PM PDT
by
Dubya
(Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father,but by me)
To: rightwingextremist1776
Prosecutor says ‘tough case’ ... should = aquital.You are right.
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posted on
04/08/2009 6:51:24 PM PDT
by
Dubya
(Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father,but by me)
To: Dubya
"To whom much power is given, much is expected."
If you are given weapons by the STATE, you are held to a higher standard.
Having said that, without hearing any evidence, my verdict is in....
$100 fine, $30 court costs. Next case.
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posted on
04/08/2009 6:53:53 PM PDT
by
Eric Blair 2084
(Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shouldn't be a federal agency...it should be a convenience store.)
To: Eric Blair 2084
<<< 2004 incident that occurred in the opening hours of an intense, door-to-door fight for the Anbar province city of Fallujah. >>>
I think this part says it all. Free him NOW!
To: Never2baCrat
He can pay his $100 fine to the court clerk and go home. No points on his drivers license.
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posted on
04/08/2009 7:04:03 PM PDT
by
Eric Blair 2084
(Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shouldn't be a federal agency...it should be a convenience store.)
To: Never2baCrat
I think this part says it all. Free him NOW!
Big AMEN
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posted on
04/08/2009 7:04:20 PM PDT
by
Dubya
(Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father,but by me)
To: Dubya
I think it is completely stupid to try any of these Marines. They are fighting a war.
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posted on
04/08/2009 7:06:08 PM PDT
by
Dubya
(Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father,but by me)
To: Dubya
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posted on
04/08/2009 7:08:30 PM PDT
by
Dubya
(Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father,but by me)
To: al baby
Doesn’t excuse shooting a prisoner for no reason just because he was upset about his friend earlier. Of course they’d better be sure that is in fact what happened if they’re going to convict him, and given the circumstances of war life in prison seems really excessive.
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posted on
04/08/2009 7:18:02 PM PDT
by
Arguendo
To: Arguendo
Of course they’d better be sure that is in fact what happened
Exactomondo
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posted on
04/08/2009 7:33:31 PM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi Mom)
To: Dubya
So, now we punish our Marines for “breaking things and killing people” in Wars.
This is an affront to every Marine that ever was.
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posted on
04/08/2009 7:57:00 PM PDT
by
Shadowstrike
(Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
To: Shadowstrike
Yes it is.
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posted on
04/08/2009 8:27:18 PM PDT
by
Dubya
(Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father,but by me)
To: rightwingextremist1776
As Ed McMahon often in the past said to Johnny Carson ‘You are correct, oh Great One!’.
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posted on
04/15/2009 8:05:40 PM PDT
by
dodger
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