Marine free after conviction tossed out

Submitted by Matt on Tue, 2009-03-17 15:29

Story here. Excerpt:

'After spending a decade behind bars, a former Camp Pendleton Marine is now a free man because a military appeals court ruled that “a muddled, hearsay-based case” caused his spousal-rape conviction.

But anyone who thinks Brian Foster is bitter would be wrong. As Foster left the prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., on Feb. 20, he picked up his sergeant stripes and spoke candidly with his superiors.

“I told (them) I was happy to be back in the Marine Corps and that I'll go anywhere and do anything the Marine Corps wants me to,” Foster, 35, said during a phone interview yesterday from Belton, Mo. “I said I love my country and I love the Marine Corps and that unfortunately, these things happen in a free country.”'

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Semper Fi, but I think if it was me I would be a little pissed. I bet he gets early retirement at one hundred percent, any takers? If you think about it, the Marines would be doing the right thing by taking care of him. It's better than most get that have been unjustly imprisoned.

David A. DeLong

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Submitted by David A. DeLong on Tue, 2009-03-17 15:47

The military justice system needs to immediately implement prosecutorial fail safe measures to ensure that such travesties of justice do not happen again. Also, a thorough review of all sex related convictions should be reviewed for any similar miscarriages of justice.

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Submitted by Luek on Tue, 2009-03-17 20:48

it this were me, one way or another.

i doubt the military will do anything about this sort of thing,

might offend some privileged feminist somewhere. the military has no leader now

anyway. one would think someone would teach the stupid chief idiot sob

how to properly salute. that shows how little he thinks of the military.

make speeches and spend more $$ than anybody ever heard of on ????

probably spends lots of time looking in the mirror too. sounds like my x.

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Submitted by daveinga on Wed, 2009-03-18 00:10