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ttorneys: Marine's delayed court-martial is ploy
By CHELSEA J. CARTER 15 hours ago
SAN DIEGO (AP) The attorneys for two Marines charged in the killing of unarmed Iraqi detainees accused prosecutors Friday of intimidation by delaying the court-martial of one to try forcing testimony from the other, who faces similar charges.
Sgt. Ryan Weemer and another Marine, Sgt. Jermaine Nelson, face military charges of unpremeditated murder and dereliction of duty in the death of a detainee during combat in Fallujah. A military judge this week granted a prosecution request to postpone Weemer's court-martial.
Weemer and Nelson have repeatedly refused to testify against each other, as well as against a former squad leader, Jose Nazario, who was acquitted in August in federal court of charges related to the killings on Nov. 9, 2004.
Weemer's attorney, Paul Hackett, said he believes prosecutors first want to court-martial Nelson, who has repeatedly invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, because they think they can force him to testify against Weemer if convicted.
Nelson's attorney, Joseph Low, said military prosecutors have indicated that if Nelson failed to testify, he would face obstruction of justice charges that carry a maximum five-year prison sentence.
'I don't know why that's not witness intimidation,' he said
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