My favorite part, "Plagued with a terrible memory, the inability to articulate his thoughts, and a deer-in-the headlights demeanor, Dela Cruz didn’t seem to reinforce Sullivan’s case."
Camp Pendleton, Calif. – Sgt. Sanick P. Dela Cruz, a battle-rattled combat Marine who made a deal with the government to avoid court martial for murder, testified Wednesday morning that he saw Staff Sergeant Frank D. Wuterich shoot five unarmed Iraqi men after a roadside bomb exploded in Haditha in November 2005.It is either the fourth or fifth version of his observations since he failed a polygraph, and then elected to accept immunity from prosecution, counting the two versions he presented at trial today. (More at the LINK).
I would think Puckett could ask Dela Cruz about each version at some point. The panel seeing him trying to keep his stories straight would be priceless.
Is the fact that Dela Cruz flunked a polygraph admissible in this trial?
“You can get your point across that the witness is the biggest liar in the world without mentioning the polygraph," Jones admonished Faraj.
Apparently, the judge would not allow the word "polygrah" to be uttered. Still, that's a pretty funny comment by the judge.