RocHard:
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This is the difference between the US and "other countries". When someone fucks up, we punish them.
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I'm not commenting on the trial or the defendant - the jury have more clue than anyone and they appear to have been selected from "informed" military personnel qualified to have an opinion. That is better than often happens in a civilian court where jury members are often totally dumb and unable to follow a trial if it starts getting complex - it's the old "don't confuse the jury problem" for prosecution and defence legal teams.
I was involved in one issue - not as a perp!! - but aware and had evidence for a prosecutor. The matter was so damned messy and involved more offences every time a paper was moved - the prosecution team just did not want to proceed cos the case would cost, at their reckoning $2.2m and just send a jury to sleep. In the end this was all superceded when the "perp" got caught with a load of drugs and is now serving a sentence. Tho they still have hopes of greeting him at the prison gates when release time comes - the guy is far too dangerous to be walking.
The comment about other countries, - I'm sure some other countries have problems, but rest assured this defendant would not be walking to court in most western countries - he'd be in custody and escorted into court. I suspect it would also be more than a military court hearing this case.