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| Shackles removed from confined Marines, sailor |
| 2006-06-17 |
| OCEANSIDE, Calif. — Military officials on Friday said they have decided to remove shackles put on seven confined Marines and one sailor whenever they’re outside their individual cells at the Camp Pendleton brig, a Marine Corps spokesman said. The eight men, confined at the brig since May 24, were being held with “maximum” restraints based on their battalion commander’s decision following an initial investigation into the shooting. As of Friday, they were shifted into what’s called “medium-in” restraint in pre-trial custody, which does not require shackles to be worn, although they remain escorted anytime they are outside their cell, according to 2nd Lt. Lawton King, a base spokesman. Under “medium-in,” they won’t have any personal restraint while inside the brig, but once outside – such as to go to a court hearing – each “is restrained with handcuffs attached to a leather belt … and their respective escorts carry along leg cuffs in the event they are needed,” King said. |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #6 The eight men, confined at the brig since May 24, were being held with “maximum” restraints based on their battalion commander’s decision Upon reflection, I've decided not to comment. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-06-17 10:49 |
| #5 Speculations aplenty. Only time will tell. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-06-17 10:01 |
| #4 JAG-types... is Joe dialed in here? |
| Posted by: 6 2006-06-17 08:03 |
| #3 The men would not be in shackles unless military investigators already possesses some type of sworn physical or written evidence against them, i.e. non-perjurious [for now] direct evidence has been levied against them. It is up to the men's counsel(s) to submit either evidence of fraud-on-the-court, absolute non-guilt of any crime or unprofessional/immoral/unlawful/unethical action, or in the alternate not as guilty as others. THE LEAD DEFENSE COUNSEL(S) MUST PROVE PERJURY OR MISTAKE. Remember also, one of the allegations or charges against them is alleged wilful falsifying of combat or after-action reports to disguise engaging in atrocity(s) against ordinary civilians. Any investigation or court(s)-martial will follow or should follow the USCMJ, MilRegs, International Agreements in regards to US mil forces, and Fed-DOD caselaws and protocols, not the MSM. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-06-17 00:37 |
| #2 Thing is, I believe I read someplace a while back that they have confessions in this case. I thought I also read that the corpsman was going to be released soon so I am surprised he is still there. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2006-06-17 00:32 |
| #1 VP Cheney is right, there is and should be a presumption of innocence. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-06-17 00:18 |