Jury Acquits Soldier of Murder Charge

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Jury Acquits Soldier of Murder Charge
April 26, 2008
Associated Press

WHEELER ARMY AIRFIELD, Hawaii - A court-martial panel on Friday found a Hawaii-based soldier not guilty in the killing of an unarmed Iraqi during a raid on a suspected insurgent hideout last year.

Sgt. 1st Class Trey Corrales' friends and family erupted in cheers when the head of the military panel, or jury, read the verdict.

The jury of nine soldiers acquitted Corrales of all three charges, including premeditated murder, after more than seven hours of deliberation.

Corrales would have faced a minimum sentence of life in prison if he had been convicted.

Corrales said it feels like a 200-pound weight had been lifted from his shoulders.


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