A gaggle of devious naval officers Off the hook thanks to misconduct prosecutors. God bless America.
US District Choose Janice Sammartino known as the misconduct “outrageous” and agreed to permit the 4 males to plead responsible to a misdemeanor and pay fines of $100 every. Final yr after the trial, Sammartino dominated that the lead federal prosecutor had dedicated “flagrant misconduct” by withholding data from protection attorneys, however stated on the time that dropping the case was not sufficient. …
Officers – former captain. David Newland, James Dolan, David Lossman, and Ex-Captain. Mario Herrera – Beforehand convicted by a federal jury on numerous prices associated to accepting bribes from international protection contractor Leonard Francis and his firm, Glenn Protection Marine Asia, or GDMA.
On Wednesday, three of them pleaded responsible to at least one rely of revealing data to Francis, and Luzman pleaded responsible to at least one rely of destroying authorities property, of smashing a tough drive with a hammer.
The excellent news is that the filth has been uncovered. We all know of service members who accepted half one million {dollars} in money and eventually admitted *mumbles* for $100 fines. We all know of prosecutors who lied to make them look worse in court docket and withheld proof that would have stored jurors away from conviction. We all know in regards to the navy procurement paperwork about Fats Leonard, the place Huge sums of money flow around the leisurely lives of dozens of officers.
The dangerous information is that even with all of the beneficiant contributions from overseas, we nonetheless need to pay for it.