Lance Cpl. Stephen B. Tatum, who has admitted shooting civilians inside their homes as part of a pursuit of insurgents, was exonerated and granted immunity to testify in further hearings related to the Haditha investigation. The move leaves just one Marine — Staff Sgt. Frank D. Wuterich — facing charges in connection with the shootings Nov. 19, 2005. As many as two dozen civilians were killed that day after a roadside bomb hit the Marines’ convoy and killed a member of their unit.
The Marine Corp is now letting three walk in exchange for testimony (I seem to recall in initial reports that up to eight Marines were involved), and only one will now be prosecuted.
That is not the way military justice worked when I served.
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