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   From: theprof@jonez.net   
      
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   >>A U.S. Marine was convicted of negligent homicide on Thursday in the 2006   
   >>stabbing death of an Iraqi soldier, but cleared of the more serious charge of   
   >>unpremeditated murder.   
   >>   
   >> Lance Cpl. Delano V. Holmes, a 22-year-old reservist from Indianapolis,   
   >> Indiana, was expected to face a maximum of eight years in the brig.   
   >>   
   >> If convicted of the more serious charge, he could have faced life behind   
   >> bars.   
   >>   
   >> A sentencing hearing for Holmes, who was the first Marine charged with   
   >> murdering an Iraqi soldier during the Iraq war, began at Camp Pendleton,   
   >> California, after the verdict was returned by a military jury.   
   >>   
   >> Prosecutors contended during the trial that Holmes repeatedly stabbed   
   Munther   
   >> Jasem Muhammed Hassin on Dec. 31, 2006.   
   >>   
   >> But defense attorneys say the Marine stabbed the Iraqi soldier in self   
   >> defense after the soldier refused to put out a cigarette and cell phone,   
   >> actions the Marine believed would reveal their position to enemy snipers in   
   >> the area.   
   >>   
   >> Holmes has been held in the Camp Pendleton brig since his return to the   
   >> United States.   
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