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| Marine Gets 8 Years in Iraqi Killing |
| 2007-02-18 |
| CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) - A Marine who said he never fired a shot in the kidnapping and murder of an Iraqi man was sentenced Saturday to 8 years in military prison - the longest sentence yet in the case. Lance Cpl. Robert B. Pennington, 22, also was reduced in rank and given a dishonorable discharge during the sentencing hearing at the Camp Pendleton Marine base. Pennington was part of an eight-member squad accused of kidnapping and killing Hashim Ibrahim Awad, 52, last April in the Iraqi town of Hamdania. Investigators said the Marines dragged Awad from his home, shot him, and then planted an AK-47 and a shovel by his body to make it look like he was an insurgent planting a bomb. Pennington, the squad's radio operator, testified at his court-martial that he did not shoot Awad but said he helped force the man into a roadside hole and held his hand over his mouth. ``It's been an emotional roller coaster,'' Pennington's mother, Deanna Pennington, said after the sentencing. ``Bobby died in Fallujah. I want to bring him back.'' The Marine from Mukilteo, Wash., pleaded guilty Tuesday to kidnapping and conspiracy. Murder, larceny and housebreaking charges will be dismissed if he completes terms of a plea bargain requiring him to testify for the government and remain on good behavior. He was sentenced to a total of 14 years - but the military judge suspended six years and gave him credit for more than a year he has already served. The sentence will be automatically reviewed by a military appeals court. Pennington's civilian attorney, David Brahms, said he will try to have the sentence commuted. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #14 TW Los Alamos is a great place. However, out of 20 odd postdocs that I knew there, only two got tenure (and for one of them it involved a serious endowment to the institution by his father). Hope it helps your sister. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-02-18 23:46 |
| #13 gromgoru, my little sister was at Los Alamos just last summer. She said the scientists were great fun, but nobody would get serious unless she took a permanent job there. Of course, she was there as a pre-doc programmer... ;-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-02-18 22:17 |
| #12 #11 ????? |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-02-18 21:46 |
| #11 Grom, red or green? |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2007-02-18 20:37 |
| #10 Dammit, mowgli AND the tiger, Tiger's name is Shere Kahn. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-02-18 18:02 |
| #9 Shipman, I was born in Russia and grew up in Israel (and I've read Kipling first in Russian --- there're some excellent translations). Re NM: I spent most of my graduate, and all of my postdoc years at Los Alamos. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-02-18 17:21 |
| #8 I DID read The Jungle Books and Kim as a child, Mowgli the Tiger stays with you for decades. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-02-18 16:56 |
| #7 I meant Ima think he's a serious student of.... |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-02-18 14:45 |
| #6 Sure, but Grom Ima guess is an expert, he has serious links to Kiplingesk stuff. I'm tempted to guess Anglo-Joooooooooooooo who made the move. Still confused by the New Mexico thing tho. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-02-18 14:43 |
| #5 You didn't read The Jungle Books and Kim as a child, Shipman? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-02-18 14:19 |
| #4 I figured about 20, close enough. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-02-18 13:13 |
| #3 25 - 30 years ago. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-02-18 12:15 |
| #2 Grom, when did you first start reading the Kipling? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-02-18 11:22 |
| #1 ...it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, 'ow's yer soul? |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-02-18 10:42 |