In the first civilian trial in modern times of a former member of the U.S. military for alleged combat crimes, a Riverside jury Thursday acquitted a one-time Marine sergeant in the killings of four unarmed Iraqi prisoners in Fallujia..."You don't know what combat is until you're in combat," said jury forewoman Ingrid Wicken, a physical education teacher at Riverside City College. "It's an extraordinary situation, and there just wasn't enough evidence."
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Two Marines refused to testify Friday against a former squad leader accused of killing Iraqi detainees, angering a prosecutor who said their refusal does grave harm to the government's case in the first civilian trial of a former service member accused of violating military rules of engagement...The prosecutor asked the judge to jail the Marines for failing to testify, but the judge refused.
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