JUSTICE? You Decide I call it MURDER!!!!!!!!!
What Do you think Truthteller, or was this father of 11 just an Iraqi, so murdering him just doesn't count, in Georgies America.
US Marine escapes jail for Iraqi civilian murder plot
US Marine escapes jail for Iraqi civilian murder plot Published: Friday July 20, 2007
A US Marine convicted of plotting to murder and kidnap an Iraqi civilian outside Baghdad last year on Friday escaped a prison sentence for his crimes, the military said.
Trent Thomas, who was found guilty of conspiracy to kidnap and murder Hashim Ibrahim Awad in Hamdania on April 26 last year, received a reduction in rank and a bad conduct discharge at a sentencing hearing.
The 25-year-old former lance corporal, who has been held in detention since the allegations first surfaced last year, could have faced a life prison sentence for his role in the killing.
On Thursday prosecutors had recommended Thomas be jailed for 15 years during a hearing at the Marines' Camp Pendleton base outside San Diego.
Awad, a 52-year-old father of 11, was taken from his home in a late-night raid by eight US servicemen and killed before the Marines involved covered up the incident to make it look as if Awad was an insurgent planting a bomb.
The killing is one of a series of incidents that have tarnished the reputation of US forces in Iraq.
A US Marine convicted of plotting to murder and kidnap an Iraqi civilian outside Baghdad last year on Friday escaped a prison sentence for his crimes, the military said.
Trent Thomas, who was found guilty of conspiracy to kidnap and murder Hashim Ibrahim Awad in Hamdania on April 26 last year, received a reduction in rank and a bad conduct discharge at a sentencing hearing.
The 25-year-old former lance corporal, who has been held in detention since the allegations first surfaced last year, could have faced a life prison sentence for his role in the killing.
On Thursday prosecutors had recommended Thomas be jailed for 15 years during a hearing at the Marines' Camp Pendleton base outside San Diego.
Awad, a 52-year-old father of 11, was taken from his home in a late-night raid by eight US servicemen and killed before the Marines involved covered up the incident to make it look as if Awad was an insurgent planting a bomb.
The killing is one of a series of incidents that have tarnished the reputation of US forces in Iraq.
A US Marine convicted of plotting to murder an Iraqi civilian outside Baghdad last year escaped a jail sentence for his crimes, the military said. Read more -->
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