Supporting the Troups: Pentagon threatened Marines with death

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Pentagon investigators threatened the death penalty and used other coercive techniques to obtain statements from some of the seven Marines and a Navy corpsman jailed for the shooting death of an Iraqi civilian, two defense lawyers say.

Attorney Jane Siegel, who represents Marine Pfc. John Jodka, 20, said Naval Criminal Investigative Service officials spoke to her client three times after he was taken into custody May 12. Jodka was questioned for up to eight hours at a time and was not offered water or toilet breaks, Siegel said.

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_8887.shtml

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SO WHAT IF ITS IS FROM BLUE????

[Kagemusha]

1. I've heard about it from different sources already

I think it's just defense lawyers being happy to prey on the US' bad reputation to argue that it mistreats its own soldiers, not just the enemy's.

Isn't that just grand?

[Just Me]

2. Are you saying your are surprised that the DoD and CIC threaten,...

,...ANYONE with the "death penalty"? :shrug:

Geez. :rofl:

I'm sorry,...it's just,...oh, nevermind.

[maddezmom]

3. it's from AP

here's a link from Friday:

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/06/16/D8I9KJA80.html