Even though Chamblin pleaded guilty and got a relatively light sentence under a pretrial agreement, the appeals court found evidence of unlawful command influence that was never cured or eradicated in the case.<\/p>\n
“The highest-ranking officer in the Marine Corps [Marine Corps commandant Jim Amos] told [then-Lt. Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, appointed by Amos as the oversight authority for the sniper cases] that the appellant and his co-accused should be ‘crushed,’ ” the court wrote. “This is an unusually flagrant example of UCI. We find that UCI this direct, and occurring at this level, is highly corrosive to public trust in this proceeding.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The Marine Corps can still re-prosecute the case, but without Amos’ undue influence, that doesn’t seem likely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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