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From [HERE] A US marine who pleaded guilty on Wednesday to urinating on the corpse of a Taliban fighter in Afghanistan is likely to be demoted one rank under a plea agreement, although a military judge called for a much harsher sentence. Staff Sergeant Edward Deptola admitted multiple charges at a court martial, including dereliction of duty for desecrating remains, posing for photographs with corpses and failing to properly supervise junior marines.
The judge, Lieutenant Colonel Nicole Hudspeth, would have sentenced him to six months confinement, a $5,000 (£3,100) fine, demotion to private and a bad-conduct discharge, but she is bound by terms of the plea agreement Deptola reached with military prosecutors. A general will review the sentence and could choose to lower it.
Deptola and another marine based at Camp Lejeune were charged last year after a video surfaced showing four marines in full combat gear urinating on the bodies of three dead Afghans in July 2011. In the video, one of the marines looks down at the bodies and says: "Have a good day, buddy."
Deptola was sergeant for a scout sniper platoon. He admitted to the judge that he urinated on one of the three corpses and posed in the "trophy photographs."
He said he failed to supervise the marines under him when the desecration began, even though he had been briefed that such behaviour violated a marine corps general order.
"I was in a position to stop it and I did not … I should have spoken up on the spot," he said.
When asked by the judge why he did it, Deptola said: "I have no excuse, no reason, ma'am … it was not the correct way to handle a human casualty."
He described the day of the incident, saying the platoon had seen heavy action and had 11 confirmed kills, including the three men who were desecrated.
Deptola said another sergeant in the platoon had been killed earlier that day by an IED, and the marines believed the heavily-armed Taliban fighters they killed could have been responsible for it.
Deptola's defence attorney called the case a "lynching" by the media and general public for an isolated mistake by a well-regarded marine. He argued that Deptola had already been punished by the attention and by being removed from his platoon.
Other marines involved have received low sentences. Staff Sergeant Joseph Chamblin pleaded guilty to similar charges last month. Under a deal reached before his court martial, he lost $500 in pay and was reduced in rank to sergeant. Three other marines were given administrative punishments for their roles.
The urination video surfaced on YouTube around the same time as other incidents that infuriated many Afghans. American troops were caught up in controversies over burning Muslim holy books, posing for photos with insurgents' bloodied remains and an alleged massacre of 16 Afghan villagers.