Nazario Case: Marine Freed But Still Refuses to Testify
May 29, 2008 · Print This Article
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- Nazario Case: Marine Freed But Still Refuses to Testify
This is breaking in the Nazario Case:
Marine Sgt. Jermaine Nelson, jailed in Los Angeles last week for contempt of court for refusing to testify against his former squad leader, was released Thursday after promising to attend a grand jury session and listen to questions.
Joseph Low, Nelson’s attorney, said his client promised U.S. District Court Judge Percy Anderson that he would attend a June 18 session of a grand jury probing the alleged killing of prisoners by Marines during the fight for Fallouja in late 2004.
But Nelson did not promise to provide information about former Sgt. Jose Luis Nazario, Low said. “I did inform the judge [that] nothing has changed except our willingness to listen,” he said.
Anderson had Nelson jailed last week when, despite receiving immunity, he declined to answer questions about “a brother Marine.” Low said Nazario had saved Nelson’s life in Iraq.
We’ll be paying close attention to this as it unfolds. I can’t help but wonder if milblogger coverage of this travesty helped contribute to Nelson’s release. As always, stay tuned to ER for up-to-the-minute coverage.
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I never got the chance to serve, but I have nothing but total respect for the man on the ground. Nazario and Nelson have my support. If American citizens do not vocally and visibly support these men then the military has every reason to hold them American public in utter contempt. Our politicians and “legal” system are so far out of control that maybe nothing but the military “contempt” will rectify it.
There are no boundries. Border patrol officers are jailed for doing what they are sworn to do, cops are jailed for doing what they are sworn to do, now soldiers are being jailed for fighting a war and doing their job. The shit that runs this country and the shit that supports them and supplies a steady stream of them in office have turned on armed men and women who are their betters.
Sadly, it seems that it is becoming evident that the only duty you can serve with confidence in doing the right thing is the duty to yourself.