Fragging trial comes to a close
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- November
- 28
A little more than three years after charges were formally framed against Staff Sgt. Alberto Martinez for the murders Capt. Phillip Esposito and 1st Lt. Louis Allen, the trial is finally coming to a close.
On Monday the defense will start its rebuttal statement, and if things go according to schedule closing arguments should start on Tuesday. The jury could go into deliberations soon after that we could have a verdict as soon as the end of the week.
Also, after many weeks of trying to get information from JAG attorneys, I finally got the answer I was looking for — the jury doesn’t need to be unanimous to reach a guilty verdict; it needs a 2/3rd majority. It needs a unanimous vote for the death penalty.
I’ll keep you posted about how the remainder of the trial goes. For a more detailed account, go to www.lohud.com.
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on Friday, November 28th, 2008 at 4:55 pm by Hema Easley. 
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