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Court martial acquits captain of murder in battlefield death


Military | 206856 hits | Jul 19 11:48 am | Posted by: andyt
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Canadian Forces Capt. Robert Semrau has been found not guilty of second degree murder and attempted murder in a battlefield death in Afghanistan. But he has been found guilty of disgraceful conduct.

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  1. by avatar andyt
    Mon Jul 19, 2010 6:50 pm
    This verdict confuses me. If he didn't murder the guy, how was his conduct disgraceful?

  2. by avatar martin14
    Mon Jul 19, 2010 7:00 pm





  3. by avatar andyt
    Mon Jul 19, 2010 7:05 pm
    "martin14" said







    I think that's still the end of his military career. I would have liked to see outright not innocent.

  4. by avatar EyeBrock
    Mon Jul 19, 2010 7:11 pm
    He was never gonna be getting off with this andy and you are right. No more CF for this guy.

    He's a soldier so he'll find another army to fight for.

    A better result than I expected.

  5. by avatar GreenTiger
    Mon Jul 19, 2010 8:46 pm
    Great News PDT_Armataz_01_37

  6. by avatar GreenTiger
    Mon Jul 19, 2010 8:48 pm
    "andyt" said







    I think that's still the end of his military career. I would have liked to see outright not innocent.
    Andy,
    is there a difference between what happened and innocent?

  7. by avatar uwish
    Mon Jul 19, 2010 9:28 pm
    disgraceful conduct is a bit like 'conduct unbecoming a XXXX' it is a 'if anything else won't stick, this will' charge. The good news is, it can be a very light penalty or very server. It just depends, that being said if it is light, that doesn't mean his military career is over per say.

  8. by avatar Bodah
    Mon Jul 19, 2010 9:37 pm
    Next time they'll be leaving the serverly wounded to the Taliban, much more humane fate from what I hear. /Sarcasm.

  9. by jeff744
    Mon Jul 19, 2010 10:45 pm
    "uwish" said
    disgraceful conduct is a bit like 'conduct unbecoming a XXXX' it is a 'if anything else won't stick, this will' charge. The good news is, it can be a very light penalty or very server. It just depends, that being said if it is light, that doesn't mean his military career is over per say.

    Indeed, it is more like something to block him from climbing any higher in rank but this is not bad enough to make it impossible for him to rejoin/stay in the CF.

  10. by whiskeyjack
    Mon Jul 19, 2010 11:48 pm
    right on

  11. by avatar ShepherdsDog
    Tue Jul 20, 2010 12:24 am
    A step up from Sec. 119 of the QR&Os?

    There have been lots of incidents where doing the right thing has carried a cost.

  12. by avatar gonavy47
    Tue Jul 20, 2010 4:12 pm
    PDT_Armataz_01_34 Still in, so that's all I can say.

  13. by avatar uwish
    Mon Jul 26, 2010 4:26 pm
    "ShepherdsDog" said
    A step up from Sec. 119 of the QR&Os?

    There have been lots of incidents where doing the right thing has carried a cost.


    like many things in the CC for that matter.



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