On Wednesday, however, the Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals overturned the conviction, ruling that there was apparent unlawful command influence in the case
Marine Times: Marine who pissed on dead Taliban wins in court
A military court has dismissed charges against a former Marine scout sniper who pleaded guilty to urinating on Taliban corpses, finding that former Commandant Gen. James Amos had illegally interfered with the legal process at the outset.
Staff Sgt. Joseph W. Chamblin was reduced in rank to sergeant and ordered to pay $500 after he pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the 2011 incident in Afghanistan, which became a national scandal after video of the Marines urinating on the bodies was posted on YouTube in January 2012.
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