[bigheadfred]

the defense team is good

My hope is they can get a bunch of COMBAT Officers on the panel. If he gets a bunch of career-minded desk-jockeys they might look at the expense of this operation, and the huge amount of failure in previous prosecutions and opt for some kind of conviction. Be interesting to see what kind of lesser included's are given to the jury.

I mean if they can prove Wuterich's bootlace was untied and tell the jury they can find him guilty of being out of uniform, my fear is they'll JUMP at it.

[jazusamo]

I’ll be surprised if the majority of Officers and NCOs on the panel are not combat Marines. The defense will be after that and there’s no shortage of combat Marines due to the last eight years.

You are correct though, the prosecution will be trying their darndest to nail him on anything they can.

[Girlene]

My hope is they can get a bunch of COMBAT Officers on the panel.

I believe SSgt Wuterich was to be granted a jury of Marines who had served in Iraq. It's been a LONG time since the incident occurred and the present, but hopefully, he will get enough Marines on a jury panel that had some experience from the time in which this incident occurred.