Military Combat Defense Fund Aids Behenna
The Military Combat Defense Fund (MCDF) has donated to help in the appeals process for Edmond Army Lt. Michael Behenna, convicted in the 2008 death of an Al Qaida operative in Iraq.
The fund is composed of retired military personnel, most of them wounded in action in Vietnam.
Behenna was convicted of murder by a military tribunal and faces years in a federal prison. His conviction, and sentence, has angered many, including those involved in the MCDF.
Following Behenna's conviction, it was revealed that military prosecutors withheld from his defense team exculpatory evidence from a prosecution expert. That evidence calls into question the entire prosecution theory of what transpired when Behenna shot the Al Qaida operative.
Behenna's case will be appealed to the Army's Court of Appeals in Washington and a defense fund to help has been established. For more information, go to http://defendmichael.wordpress.com/.
The fund is composed of retired military personnel, most of them wounded in action in Vietnam.
Behenna was convicted of murder by a military tribunal and faces years in a federal prison. His conviction, and sentence, has angered many, including those involved in the MCDF.
Following Behenna's conviction, it was revealed that military prosecutors withheld from his defense team exculpatory evidence from a prosecution expert. That evidence calls into question the entire prosecution theory of what transpired when Behenna shot the Al Qaida operative.
Behenna's case will be appealed to the Army's Court of Appeals in Washington and a defense fund to help has been established. For more information, go to http://defendmichael.wordpress.com/.
Labels: Al Qaida, Michael Behenna, Military Combat Defense Fund, Military Justice
posted by Mike McCarville @ 7:53 PM
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