U.S. Marine spared from jail time in Iraq killings
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012 at
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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif (Reuters) – A U.S. Marine accused of leading a 2005 slaughter of 24 civilians in the Iraqi city of Haditha was spared jail time when he was sentenced on Tuesday for his role in killings that brought international condemnation on U.S. troops. The harshest penalty Staff Sergeant Frank Wuterich, 31, now faces for his guilty plea on Monday to a single count of dereliction of duty is a demotion to the rank of private, the lowest rank in the service, as recommended by a services judge. …
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif (Reuters) – A U.S. Marine sergeant accused of leading a 2005 slaughter of 24 civilians in Haditha, Iraq, was spared jail time on Tuesday for his role the killings that brought international condemnation of American troops. Staff Sergeant Frank Wuterich, 31, was sentenced instead to a demotion to the rank of private, the lowest rank in the service, a day after he pleaded guilty to a single count of dereliction of duty. Wuterich, who could have faced a maximum penalty of three months in confinement, showed no emotion as a services judge pronounced his sentence. …
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The U.S. Marine sergeant accused of leading a slaughter of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha pleaded guilty on Monday to dereliction of duty, ending the final prosecution stemming from a 2005 thing that brought international condemnation of U.S. troops. Staff Sergeant Frank Wuterich, 31, entered his plea at Camp Pendleton Marine Corps base north of San Diego as part of a deal with services prosecutors in which more serious charges of involuntary manslaughter and aggravated assault were dismissed. …