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  • Marine who urinated on Taliban has conviction tossed thanks to general’s meddling

    11/09/2017 11:24:15 PM PST · by Oshkalaboomboom · 66 replies
    NY Post ^ | November 9, 2017 | Chris Perez
    A former US Marine who was caught urinating on the corpses of dead Taliban fighters got his conviction thrown out this week thanks to the unlawful actions of a retired general — who “severely and systematically” interfered with the case, a report says. Staff Sgt. Joseph W. Chamblin had been reduced in rank for the infamous 2011 incident, sentenced to 30 days confinement and ordered to pay a $500 fine after he pleaded guilty to wrongful desecration, failure to properly supervise junior Marines, and posing for photographs with battlefield casualties. What he didn’t know at the time was that the...