this disgusts the hell out of me

Military appeals court won’t reconsider overturned conviction of Marine for Iraq war crimes

The military’s highest court has denied a government request to reconsider the overturned murder conviction of a Marine who has served more than half of his 11-year sentence in one of the biggest war crime cases to emerge from the Iraq war.

The denial from the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces clears the way for the release of Sgt. Lawrence Hutchins III of Plymouth, Mass. from the brig at California’s Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.

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The appeals court overturned Hutchins’ conviction on June 26, supporting his claims that his rights were violated when he was held in solitary confinement without access to a lawyer for seven days during his 2006 interrogation in Iraq.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/military-appeals-court-wont-reconsider-overturned-conviction-of-marine-for-iraq-war-crimes/2013/07/18/2b0ab750-f020-11e2-8c36-0e868255a989_story.html

Compare this to Bradley Manning.