Attorneys Wrap Up Army Drowning Case
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An Army platoon sergeant was within his rights when he ordered his troops to force two Iraqi cousins into the Tigris River for violating curfew, his attorney said in closing arguments.
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The highest-ranking U.S. soldier  accused of abusing Iraqi prisoners has reached a deal with army  prosecutors on some charges, one of his lawyers said Tuesday.
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Prosecutors in White House aide Lewis 'Scooter' Libby's trial rest their case after almost a month of testimony.
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An Iraq war veteran who was named Marine of the Year was defending his family when he fired his shotgun into a parking lot toward early morning revelers and injured two of them, his attorney said Tuesday.
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The rape trial of four U.S. Marines before a Manila court wrapped up on Thursday and the judge set November 27 as a tentative verdict date.
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Attorneys for the highest ranking Marine charged in a sweep that killed 24 Iraqi civilians, some of them children still in their pajamas, say he reported the facts as he understood them at the time, and that his superiors knew as much as he did.
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RALEIGH, N.C., June 15 -- Testifying in defense of his conduct in the sexual assault case against three Duke University lacrosse players, Durham County District Attorney Michael B. Nifong cried and conceded that he made mistakes, apologized to the accused and their families for the "pain" the...
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Military prosecutors are close to charging some of the Marines involved in the deaths of 24 civilians in the Iraqi town of Haditha last year, the Marine Corps said Tuesday.
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The confusion of combat during an intense firefight in Afghanistan five years ago has led to conflicting testimony that is complicating the case of a Canadian terror suspect, opposing attorneys agree.
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A judge dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit against the U.S. Navy that was filed by the family of a Naval Academy student who died in a fall from his dormitory window.
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Justice Department attorneys will pursue the death penalty against a former U.S. Army soldier accused of raping and killing an Iraqi teenager and slaying her family members last year, according to papers filed yesterday in federal court. It could be the first capital case to proceed against a U.S....
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - An US Army reservist&#39;s lawyer said his client avoided several other charges with today&#39;s guilty plea in the abuse of Iraqi prisoners.
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An ex-Marine at the center of a probe into whether Camp Pendleton troops killed between five and 10 unarmed captives during a battle in Iraq is a hero who faced vicious enemies, his lawyer said Friday.
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The U.S. Marines have dismissed charges against one of the officers accused of dereliction of duty for failing to report accurately the U.S. killing of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha in 2005.
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Police were investigating the death of a man who was struck by officers during his arrest and then collapsed in a holding cell. A family attorney accused the officers of "excessive use of force."
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A U.S. Army Reserve captain who sued  the government for trying to force him into service in Iraq  after he resigned has won an honorable discharge, his lawyer  said on Friday.
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Missing medical evidence taken from the body of an Iraqi man beaten by Marine prison guards resurfaced this week, a defense attorney for an officer charged in connection with the man's death said Thursday. For months, the military had insisted the evidence was lost.