Jury to decide SEAL’s punishment for posing with corpse

SAN DIEGO — The same military jurors who acquitted a decorated Navy SEAL of murder in the killing of a wounded Islamic State captive under his care in Iraq in 2017 will return to court Wednesday to decide whether he should serve any jail time for the single charge he was convicted of: posing with the 17-year-old militant’s corpse.

Having already served seven months in confinement ahead of the trail, the Bronze Star recipient is expected to go home a free man, his defense lawyers said. In the military justice system, the jury decides the sentence. He declined to address questions about his SEAL team. His lawyers said he might talk after the jury decides his sentence.“I was feeling like we’re finally vindicated after being terrorized by the government that my husband fought for for 20 years,” Andrea Gallagher said before the couple drove away from Naval Base San Diego in a white convertible Mustang to start celebrating.

The prosecution said Gallagher was incriminated by his own text messages and photos, including one of him holding the dead militant up by the hair and clutching a knife in his other hand.The defense said it was just gallows humor and pointed out that almost all platoon members who testified against him also posed with the corpse.

trump will give out another Medal of Honor

I appreciate his service to our country but I dont think other SeAL members lie under oath.

Gallagher will be fine. Trump thinks he's a great fellow.

As much as I am grateful for this mans service; this type of misconduct is shameful. I’m certain other countries have engaged in the same manner and perhaps worse. However, we should be above such actions. /1

How long before he visits the White House?

Why is he the only one in the picture being charged?

He's not clear yet. He still faces the possibility of being busted down to an E1 and losing his retirement benefits....

Remember this name. He'll kill again. He likes it too much.

Wah. Time served. Disgusting.

The pearl clutching when the next ISIS soldier kills and poses with the body of a US soldier.

Nice how we treat war criminals here in the good ole U S of A.

The navy was never going to find him guilty. I said that from the start; especially since Trump stepped it. we have made it okay to pose with dead bodies: war crimes. So we have made it okay for our enemies to do it to our own.

That's a killer selfie 🤟🤙🤳

Why is he still wearing the uniform? He should be discharged. dishonored

That guy screams wife beater

Time served let this be over for the family..

this is why U.S doesn't sign up for ICC, Americn justice

He should get life, in prison.

i remember when he did the theme for batman

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