HQ Special Operations Command Central Press Release on SO2 McCabe’s not guilty verdict: May 6, 2010, Norfolk, Va. – Earlier today, a Special court-martial comprised of four Naval Officers and three Enlisted members found SO2 (SEAL) Matthew McCabe not guilty of assaulting an Iraqi detainee. This was the third court-martial related to the assault that [...]
Military Justice
Fox News reports that Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Keefe found not guilty of dereliction of duty. Here’s the lowdown: Defense lawyers…seized on inconsistencies in DeMartino’s testimony and questioned the credibility of Abed, a suspected terrorist, to raise doubt about their versions of events. They also relied on evidence recycled from Huertas’ trial in claiming [...]
The testimony and the result. A six-man jury found Petty Officer 1st Class Julio Huertas, 29, of Blue Island, Illinois, not guilty of charges of dereliction of duty and attempting to influence the testimony of another service member. The jury spent two hours deliberating the verdict. [Source: Fox News] Looks like turning down the 15 [...]
The Washington Post reports that the first Navy SEAL court-martial got underway in Iraq on Wednesday. The government’s star witness also provided what will likely be the most damning testimony of the event. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Kevin Demartino, who is not a SEAL and was assigned to process and transport Ahmed Hashim Abed [...]
CAAFlog continues to provide well-reasoned and balanced analysis of the three Navy SEAL cases edging closer to trial this week (if mother nature cooperates…). It’s interesting to see the variety of legal directions that three related cases can take based on minor variances of fact. It also certainly illustrates the importance of everyone in the [...]
