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The Nuremburg Defense Wins Again!
From The Miami Herald a quick update to this post:
Spc. Jorge G. Sandoval, 22, was acquitted Friday of murder charges in the April and May deaths of two unidentified men. The five-man, two-woman panel decided he was guilty of a lesser charges of placing detonation wire on one of the bodies to make it look as if the man was an insurgent.
“I feel fortunate that I have been served this sentence,” Sandoval said. “I’m grateful that I’m able to continue to be in the Army.”
Military prosecutors had argued Sandoval should be sentenced to five years in prison.
The Laredo, Texas-native had faced five charges in the deaths of the two unidentified Iraqi men. In dramatic testimony during the four-day court-martial, one of Sandoval’s colleagues, Sgt. Evan Vela, testified he had pulled the trigger and killed one of the men Sandoval was accused of murdering.
Vela said the sniper team was following orders
Who’s orders?
See also: Nuremburg Defense
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