Posted on 01/19/2012 6:01:29 PM PST by RedRover
I can't imagine what he is going through and how his family is coping with the process they have to go through to be loyal tho their beliefs, their country and the corps.
I know what I want him to do. I am praying for Ssgt Wuterich to make the best decision for him and for the USA.
faces of the dead children
Show the panel some pictures like THIS. Then ask them whose side they are on.
Fight it out! I couldn’t do anything less for my children and I couldn’t live with myself if I did otherwise. Semper Fi!
Under these conditions I have to say fight it out.
His three girls have to be a huge factor but admitting guilt and taking a less than honorable when you know you’re right would go against everything that’s right, I don’t think I could do it but I’m not in his position.
After what SSgt Wuterich has been through I wouldn’t question his decision, no matter what it is.
Sigh
As a Marine and former Navy, (Please don’t ask), I feel as you do. HOWEVER, he must also think of his family.
I no longer trust anyone in government with my life.
I-—guess I don’t know what I would do. God bless him.
SSgt has done nothing wrong, so he can’t honestly admit that he has. Therefore SILT is not an option.
The Directed Verdict by Jones is the answer. Frank and Faraj fight on. Puckett fights on with them or stays out of the way.
But as Jaz says, it’s Frank’s call, and we must honor and defend his decision.
I agree that the directed verdict versus SILT is the answer but I don’t understand why Kevin McDermott says it’s less likely. Do you know why he says that? Is it a choice the defendant can make?
A terrible dilemma. Prayers for SSgt Wuterich.
For SSgt. W. to take a deal for the "good of his Marines" is inexcusable. It is a legal cop out that he will be sorry for the rest of his life. Lt. Grayson and the CO. has stood up for him until the end and it's no time to fall for a bluff. So many have given their all, career, life for 5 years, future plans, for the value of, "No Marine Left behind" ,to see Ssgt W. fall on his own sword. For SSgt. W. to take a deal is unacceptable and unthinkable, and wrong. Doesn't he realize that they have nothing on him for him to need to make a deal?
Fight.
I AM thinking of my family, Brother. We must lead by example - damn what others may say or think! We are men. We are Marines! Well, almost Marines.
I think the choice is with Jones. Maybe McDermott doesn't think a directed verdict is something Jones would want to do. Personally, I get the impression Jones is fed up and would be glad to move to a directed verdict just to get this over with. But unlike McDermott I'm no expert, and certainly no lawyer.
Thanks for posting. No argument here.
I think the directed verdict is a last resort—avoiding judicial overreach. The preference is for the two sides to come to terms. But the judge could step in. If SSgt Wuterich doesn’t accept the deal, he may.
Personally, nothing less than a full exoneration will satisfy me. I understand why Don Dinsmore wrote what he did above. But then I don’t have to live with the consequences.
Whatever happens, I’ll celebrate the end of this long ordeal—while still grieving that it ever came about.
All I can come up with is the "Last side to talk usually loses rule".
I'll pray on it.
Thank you both, I was unclear on the directed verdict.
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