Murtha Loses - AGAIN!!!

Thomas More Law Center - News
HADITHA CASE

ANN ARBOR, MI – Military Judge Colonel Steven Folsom, USMC, this morning dismissed all charges against Lt Colonel Jeffrey Chessani on the grounds of unlawful command influence. He blistered the prosecution’s case in an opinion he read from the bench that lasted an hour. The ruling was without prejudice. Colonel Folsom gave prosecutors 72 hours in which to notify him whether they would appeal.

(Emphasis mine - HH)

This means Murtha is "zero for seven" as it stands now. The military judge's decision means that, six of the eight Marines charged in the Haditha case have won by dismissal; one has been cleared at court martial; and, one - Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich - still faces court martial. His case has been put on hold pending the appeal of a pretrial ruling.

Here's how Dan Whitcomb of Reuters writes the first paragraph of his news report:

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A military judge on Tuesday dismissed the case against the highest-ranking U.S. Marine charged in the deaths of 24 Iraqi civilians at Haditha, whittling down the list of those who must still face justice for the 2005 killings to just the accused ringleader.

Jerk.