Remember SSGT Bales?
"This bastard stood right in front of me!" said Haji Naim to a military panel of two Colonels, a Lt. Colonel, a Master Sergeant, and two command Sgt. Majors. "I wanted to ask him, ‘What did I do? What have I done to you?'... And he shot me!"
"Swift believes that the defense has an uphill climb. “We know he won’t get a needle stuck in his arm,” he said. “For the defense to get life with the possibility of parole would be an accomplishment. It’s the politics of it. This is by far the worst war crime since Vietnam by American troops. It will absolutely weigh heavily on their decision.”
http://www.thedailybeast.com/article...urce=pulsenews