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Revision as of 14:49, 23 March 2007 by 67.143.53.185 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Charles Gittins is an American lawyer, who was worked for a number of noteworthy defendants in military courts martial -- including:
| Lieutenant Ilario Pantano | US Marine who was found not guilty of murder in Iraq. | |||
| Specialist Charles Graner | Military Police reservist involved in the Abu Ghraib scandal. | |||
| Major Harry "Psycho" Schmidt | Former instructor from the USN's TOPGUN school who bombarded a platoon of Canadians in Afghanistan, even though he had been directed to hold his fire. | |||
| Commander Scott Waddle | Captain of the USS Greeneville, when his submarine negligently did a power surface, right under the Ehime Maru, a Japanese research vessel. | |||
| Trent Helmkamp | A young recruit who tried to get conscientious objector status. | |||
| Sergeant Spencer Gaines | An amateur body-builder who failed a drug urine test, who argued it was triggered by an over-the-counter health product. | |||
| Corporal Dustin Berg | Shot his Iraqi partner, an Iraqi police officer, then shot himself with his partner's gun. Berg claimed his partner attacked him first, and Berg returned fire in self defense. Berg later recanted this version of events and pleaded guilty to negligent homicide, self injury, and false swearing. | |||
| Private Edward L. Richmond | shot an unarmed, bound prisoner in the back of the head. He was represented at trial by a military defense counsel. | |||
| Captain Christopher M. Beiring | Commanded troops at the Bagram Collection Point who beat two Afghani captives to death with "compliance blows". | |||
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Mr. Gittins is an officer in the United States Marine Corps Reserve. References
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