Well, at least one of them confessed to it. But that was just enough to 
declare him not guity. Good to see that the land of the free is working 
ceaselessly to bring light to the world.



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US marine cleared of confessed crime
Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:34:40 GMT


All the three Marines have been acquitted of manslaughter.

A court martial in California has acquitted a US Marine sergeant, 
accused of murdering an unarmed Iraqi detainee in Fallujah in 2004.

Prosecutors at the Marines Camp Pendleton base outside San Diego 
alleged that Jermaine Nelson, 28, had shot dead an unidentified 
prisoner during a house-clearing operation in November 2004.

Nelson was the last of three Marines -- after Ryan Weemer and squad 
leader Jose Nazario -- to face charges in connection with the case and 
be acquitted of manslaughter.

The case came to light in 2006 when Weemer told a US Secret Service 
agent during a job interview he had been involved in an unlawful 
killing of four prisoners in Iraq.

The admission triggered an investigation that led to charges against 
the three Marines.

Prosecutors say the Marines had killed the four detainees rather than 
processing them as prisoners.

Although Weemer had allegedly confessed to an unlawful killing during 
the Secret Service job interview, his defense claimed at the trial that 
the killing arose from a 'life and death struggle' after the prisoner 
lunged at Weemer to take his weapon.

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