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When you compare the sentence for Capt. Schweitzer, who was the one who actually destroyed the tape, with the sentence Capt. Ashby received, it's hard to understand the disparity,

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He was an evil man, funding the insurgency. The insurgency was beginning to grow, soldiers were dying and interrogators were under pressure to get information that would save soldiers' lives.

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 Beginning

When you compare the sentence for Capt. Schweitzer, who was the one who actually destroyed the tape, with the sentence Capt. Ashby received, it's hard to understand the disparity.

Frank Spinner

 

The simple conclusion you can draw is that the tape and video camera had nothing to do with the accident. It was a private tape; it wasn't a government tape. It was a private video camera.

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I did not torture anyone.

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This was a terrible, tragic training accident.

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You have to back (soldiers) up. You've got to give them clear rules and give them room to make mistakes so they aren't treated like criminals when they come home.

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Convict him of stupidity for not giving special treatment, but don't convict him of rape.

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I believe this is an error of constitutional magnitude. I believe it justifies a declaration of a mistrial.

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Who has the power now, the drill sergeant or the trainee? If drill sergeants say, 'Run up that hill,' privates are going to say, 'You sexually harassed me,' ... This is a real risk you run if you find drill sergeant Simpson guilty.

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