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lizbud
03-24-2011, 05:28 PM
This hardly seems appropriate a for cold blooded murder.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-03-23/jeremy-morlock-army-killer-from-wasilla-pleads-guilty-to-afghan-murders/
Karen
03-24-2011, 05:34 PM
He's "eligible for parole" in 7 years. That does not mean he will walk free, just that he will get a parole hearing. Even people like Sirhan Sirhan get parole hearings, but he is still in jail, probably for life.
blue
03-24-2011, 05:41 PM
It also seems that he admitted his part in the war crime and is testifying against the other five charged.

7 years to be eligible for parole is too short. A longer sentence and eligible for parole in 24 would be more appropriate.
Grace
03-24-2011, 06:10 PM
24 years for killing 3 men - 8 years per victim.

"The plan was to kill people." What a cold-hearted creature.
Lady's Human
03-24-2011, 07:12 PM
It's a military Court-Martial, not a civilian court or a civilian parole board.

It's also a military jail cell.

He's not going to be out in 7. This is UCMJ, not civilian law.
Asiel
03-24-2011, 07:30 PM
I hope you're right about this because it would be a real disgrace if this man walked free after 7 yrs. I hate it when they call it life and it means a few yrs. Let the punishment fit the crime. War is bad enough without this kind of behaviour.
Grace
03-24-2011, 10:19 PM
Article (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/i-lost-my-moral-compass-how-a-young-us-soldier-triggered-an-abuse-scandal-in-afghanistan-2252475.html) from a paper in the UK.
Karen
03-24-2011, 10:25 PM
He's not going to be out in 7. This is UCMJ, not civilian law.

For those without family in the military, UCMJ is the Uniform Code of Military Justice, in some ways quite different than the laws and procedures to which civilians are accustomed.

I hope he gets medical and psychiatric help, and has gone through detox as well.
Lady's Human
03-24-2011, 11:58 PM
Detox is going to be the 24/7/365 monitoring while he is in jail.

Every minute of every day in a military penitentiary is scripted, and the prisoners have very, very different rights than prisoners in a civilian facility.
wombat2u2004
03-25-2011, 06:46 AM
Detox is going to be the 24/7/365 monitoring while he is in jail.

Every minute of every day in a military penitentiary is scripted, and the prisoners have very, very different rights than prisoners in a civilian facility.

You mean....he gets to run around his cell with full kit on ????
Lucky bugger !!!!! :D