Stryker Brigade soldier pleads guilty to murdering civilians

[The Northerner]

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. -- A 22-year-old soldier accused of taking a lead role in a brutal plot to murder Afghan civilians pleaded guilty on Wednesday morning.

Spc. Jeremy Morlock entered guilty pleas to three counts of premeditated murder and drug use.

Morlock pleaded also pleaded guilty to one count of assault of a fellow soldier, and not guilty to another count of assault and wrongfully photographing and possessing visual images of human casualties

Morlock agreed to plead guilty to the murders in exchange for a maximum sentence of 24 years, said Geoffrey Nathan, one of his lawyers.

His client is one of five soldiers from Joint Base Lewis-McChord's 5th Stryker Brigade charged in the killings of three unarmed Afghan men in Kandahar province in January, February and May 2010. Morlock is the first of the five men to be court-martialed - which Nathan characterized as an advantage.

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1. Note that this is a Wasilla kid, friend of Palin's oldest son, Track...

Sarah Palin knew him from her time as youth hockey Manager when both Track and Morlock were on the team. Morlock's mother's twin sister dated Todd. Bristol was best friends with his sister. http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/2011/03/will-any-of-palin-family-testify-on.html

As pointed out by ImmoralMinority.com, the Palins will undoubtedly NOT be appearing as "character" witnesses, however. Ahh, Wasilla, the meth capitol of Alaska. What outstanding progeny you produce. :eyes: