Marines, others rally behind sergeant accused in Fallouja killings

"Calls for the charges to be dropped have come from retired Col. G.I. Wilson; William McNulty of the Marine Corps Intelligence Assn.; and the board of directors of the Warrior Legacy Foundation, a group dedicated to opposing what it sees as unjust treatment of military personnel. A petition has been posted on the military-themed website www.blackfive.net."

Marine Corps to prosecute third Fallujah suspect

Despite acquittals of two co-defendants, service to try Sgt. Jermaine Nelson for murder

MARINE SERGEANT JERMAINE NELSON

Marine's court-martial begins in US; key evidence in murder case came from own statement

Nelson's squadmate, Sgt. Ryan Weemer, was acquitted of murder this month by a military jury.

His squad leader, former Sgt. Jose Luis Nazario, was acquitted in August in federal court on counts that included voluntary manslaughter.

MARINE SERGEANT JOSE NAZARIO UPDATE:

No job with Riverside police for former Marine on Iraq detainee killings case (click here)

THE CHALLENGE STANDS!

JAG HUNTER here (posting from the Sweetwater, Tennessee Library) :

Marine Sergeants Jermaine Nelson's attainder court-martial is beginning today.

United States Attorney Russell Dedrick and assistant U.S. Attorney Edward Schmutzer (Eastern District, Tennessee - phone: 865.545.4167 ext. 11708) were reminded this morning regarding the need to alert a federal judge to order an injunction blocking Sgt. Nelson's military disciplinary hearing.

An attainder court-martial is a disciplinary hearing wherein guilt is a living thing.

Federal courts are presently open and accessible to try the Marine Corps accusations leveled against Sgt. Nelson. Federal judges are available as is our civilian populace from which to select and seat a petite jury of twelve strangers.

But in Sgt. Nelson's experience, a Marine Corps general has ordered subordinates (mostly officers) to replace a federal judge and civilian jury of unbiased civilian citizens with an officer hearing officer and a panel of consultants.

Former Marine Sergeant Jose Nazario faced criminal charges last summer for the same combat event which Sgt. Nelson was a fellow combatant, infantry Marine.

Sgt. Nazario stood in the dock of a civilian federal court under the Constitution's Article III. Sgt. was afforded the a constitutional protection of a grand jury of citizens.

Sgt. Nelson appears today at his attainder court-martial resulting from a panel of officers who only supplied recommendations to their commanding general.

Sgt. Nelson was acquitted, not attainted last August.

A federal judge and civilian jury can as well be seated in Sgt. Nelson's case providing of course a civilian grand jury first gives its permission to a federal prosecutor to go forward and in front of a petite jury.

Instead, Sgt. Nelson's attainder court-martial will be conducted in secret. Public demonstrations regarding Nelson's hearing process will simply provide a burlesque to observers easily distracted, deflected and confused (folks such as San Diego North County Times' "reporter" Mark Walker).

Records of Sgt. Nelson's behind the scenes, secret attainder court-martial will be accordingly secreted.

U.S. Attorneys Dedrick and Schmutzer are in receipt of a criminal complaint reporting (once again) attainder courts-martial unconstitutional. How's 'bout giving counselors Dedrick and Schmutzer a call? Tell 'em what you think.

Here endth the lesson!

Beware the fury of the patient man!

Copyright © 2009 The JAG HUNTER

AN EMAIL and GOOD IDEA FROM HEIDI: (wheidi3@cox.net)

Okay guys, SGT JERMAINE NELSON needs our help and I think I have an easy yet potentially powerful way -- IF you will help by writing and forwarding this request to your fellow AMERICANS! (or write a better request and send it on...)

February 17, 2009 begins Sgt. Nelson's court-martial. I have been to a couple of the prior hearings and this poor Marine is TERRIFIED. He is looking at LIFE IN PRISON FOR HAVING KILLED AN ENEMY INSURGENT IN FALLUJAH ON NOV. 9, 2004. Nelson is among a group of 3 Marines (Jose Nazario, Sgt Ryan Weemer, and Sgt. Nelson). Nazario was fully aquitted by a civilian jury... Sgt. Weemer's court-martial is scheduled for March, 2009 and I will be there for him too!

Here is my idea: To flood the court with emails, sent by YOU, the great American people, supporting Sgt. Jermaine Nelson.

I am asking you to: -- write an email letter of support (new message, wheidi3@cox.net, subject: Nelson)) to Dear Sgt. Jermaine Nelson. End with your name, city and state. -- send it to me at .

It can be short or long -- I will print each one and will cut off the email address if you so desire.

CAN YOU IMAGINE THIS YOUNG MARINE'S FACE WHEN HE SEES HE IS NOT ALONE? CAN YOU IMAGINE HIS ATTORNEY TURNING OVER THESE LETTERS TO THE COURT IN NELSON'S BEHALF? WHAT IF THERE ARE A THOUSAND OF THEM?!! I am sending this out to small groups of my best forwarders...

START SENDING!!

I will keep you posted and will take any suggestions, Yours in LIBERTY,Heidi wheidi3@cox.net