Judge Questions First Trial
Judge Questions First Trial Attorneys told to outline sides of slaying verdicts By Sandy Hodson, Staff Writer Thursday, May 17, 2007 The judge who will decide if six men convicted in one of Augusta’s biggest criminal trials in 2001 are entitled to new trials focused prosecutors’ and defense attorneys’ attention Wednesday on three potential trouble […]
Attorneys Fight Slaying Verdicts
Attorneys Fight Slaying Verdicts In Augusta, GA By Sandy Hodson, Staff Writer Wednesday, May 16, 2007 Attorneys fight slaying verdicts The convictions of six men linked to a criminal conspiracy that included one of Augusta’s most notorious homicides are under attack this week. In Richmond County Superior Court, where the men were convicted in 2001, […]
6 West Point Cadets Charged with Drug Use
Saturday Mar 24, 2007 Six West Point cadets face ‘very serious’ drug charges The U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., announced drug charges against a freshman cadet March 19, bringing to five the number of cadets charged with drug offenses in the past six weeks. The latest was Timothy E. Turner, who was charged […]
Soldier Pleads Guilty to Iraq Murders
Soldier Pleads Guilty to Iraq Murders Soldier Pleads Guilty, Gets 18 Years for Murders of Detainees in Iraq Last Year By RYAN LENZ US soldier pleads guilty to Iraq murders FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. Jan 11, 2007 (AP)— A soldier was sentenced Thursday to 18 years in prison for killing three detainees during a raid on […]
Soldier Reaches Plea Deal in the Killing of 3 Iraqis
Soldier Reaches Plea Deal in the Killing of 3 Iraqis January 4, 2007 US marine reaches plea deal over deaths of unarmed Iraqis A soldier from the 101st Airborne Division is scheduled to plead guilty next Tuesday to a reduced charge for mercy killing in connection with the death of three unarmed Iraqi men shot […]
U.S. Soldiers in Iraq Testify to Hearing Order to ‘Kill All of Them’
Thursday, August 03, 2006 U.S. soldiers relate hearing order to ‘kill all of them’ TIKRIT, Iraq — Two American soldiers Thursday described in gruesome detail how their comrades allegedly killed three blindfolded Iraqi detainees, one of whom was covered in brain matter and another who spit blood during his dying moments. The soldiers testified during […]
The ‘Band of Brothers’ Unravels
Pfc. Corey Clagett believed the matter had been resolved. After two internal inquiries into a mission that had taken place in northern Iraq on May 9, the 22-year-old and three other soldiers from the 3rd Battalion of the 101st Airborne Division expected to return to their duties without a stain on their characters. Within a […]
Lawyers for 4 Accused Soldiers Say They Acted on Orders
By ROBERT F. WORTH JULY 23, 2006 Continue reading the main story US Army Soldier Charged Terrorism Offenses Planning Deadly Ambush Service Members his-unit On the morning of May 9, a group of soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division arrived in a remote desert area of western Iraq for a dangerous mission: taking out an […]
Soldiers in murder case claim order to ‘kill all military age males’
7/21/2006 4:09 PM ET Iraq murder case sparks dispute over soldiers’ orders Four U.S. soldiers accused of murdering suspected insurgents during a raid in Iraq said they were under orders to “kill all military age males,” according to sworn statements obtained by The Associated Press. The soldiers first took some of the men into custody […]