Medic gets a year in prison in Iraqi's death.
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif - A U.S. medic who helped kidnap an innocent Iraqi man later killed execution-style by a republican loving American squad was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Friday, but will end up serving a year under a plea deal.
Military Judge Col. Steven Folsom gave the sentence after Petty Officer Melson Bacos, 21, said his patrol leader's anger at the release of a suspected "terrorist" from Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison prompted the murder of the man's neighbor.
Bacos agreed to a plea deal earlier on Friday in which he agreed to squeal in exchange for a lesser sentence.
The judge appeared surprised to learn the plea deal set a year limit on the sentence and also nullified his earlier sentencing that called for a dishonorable discharge. The military man said he did it for his country and knows the American people are proud of his actions. He is waiting for a call from the President and hopes to be pardoned.
2006-10-07 20:50:32 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Being an expolice officer like you claim to be I'm sure the subject of a criminal plea barganing his sentence to a less one sticks in your craw. It does mine too. BUT without the young navy corpman's (not medic, we are in the Army) testimony the case for the actual murders (Bacos was charged with helping in the kidnapping, not the murder) would have been very weak at best. Better to have one reduced sentence and 5 grandslams than nothing at all. Sucks but its reality on the civilian even more than the military side of things.
2006-10-07 21:24:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
If the others could have "squealed" to have a lesser sentence then it would had been done. US military personnel who decide to do terrific act because of what they perceive of what the chain of command need to ask questions to clarify and ALWAYS document everything regarding war. High ranking commissioned officers are hardly ever punished for not keeping an eye on people that are possibly too unstable for certain duties. War brings great stress that is never found or occurs in peace time.
2006-10-07 21:03:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-13 04:12:21 · answer #3 · answered by kull 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why wouldn't this military man face punishment for his actions. Just because he is in a foreign country doesn't give him the right to take rights away from others. He took part in a kidnapping - why should he be pardoned. I just don't understand what you are asking here?
2006-10-07 21:00:56 · answer #4 · answered by Shadowtwinchaos 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In the military the accomplishment of the unit's mission comes first above everything. By violating both the rules of engagement (ROE) and the specific guidance they were given on the treatment of civillians, they put the unit's mission second to their own personal desire for vengance. This soldier reaps what he sows.
2006-10-07 21:03:16 · answer #5 · answered by seantherunner 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Just can't get anything right, can you? Go to the hospital and get some help -- because you seem to thrive on putting together small outtakes from various articles, adding words to conform to your own image of how you interpret the words written, to CONFORM to the way you want things to be -- and not necessarily reality.
2006-10-08 04:08:22 · answer #6 · answered by sglmom 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I understand that he was over in a war zone and things can get crazy, but what he and his fellow Marines did is what is inexcusable. He confessed, and that is something I guess, but if they had done the right thing in the first place, there wouldn't have been anything to confess.
2006-10-07 21:02:24 · answer #7 · answered by Thursdays 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That's up to the government. Unfortunately, we have no say-so in any of those affairs. The other men involved are going to get worse sentences.
2006-10-07 21:03:20 · answer #8 · answered by ~~Fast Eddie~~ 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You, erudite, include some of your usual bullshit in the article that you copied and pasted.
Everybody else should read the following link or search online to find the truth about this horrible incident.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-corpsman8oct08,1,3947477.story?coll=la-headlines-world
2006-10-07 21:09:08 · answer #9 · answered by abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
He should be shown no mercy. We must hold ourselves above the cowardice of the terrorists. Actions such as these fuel anti-American hatred.
2006-10-07 21:30:00 · answer #10 · answered by Frogface53 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋