Misplaced Pages

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 147.31.4.44 (talk) at 11:34, 6 October 2005. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

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 shot two unarmed captives.
• Specialist Charles Graner -- Military Police reservist involved in the Abu Ghraib scandal.
• Major Harry "Psycho" Schmidt -- Former instructor from the USN's Top Gun 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.
• Private Edward L. Richmond shot an unarmed, bound prisoner in the back of the head.

Mr Gittins is an officer in the USMCR.

External links

• U.S. 'friendly fire' pilot suing air force
• sub commander is denied immunity but says testifying is the right thing to do
• Graner refuses to testify in other Abu Ghraib trials
• PFC Trent Helmkamp and the “Train Wreck” Headed His Way
• Officials Involved In Workplace Drug Testing Get A Chilling Reminder Of The Hazards Of False Readings
• Schofield soldier filing appeal, Honolulu Advertiser, October 3, 2005

This biographical article relating to law is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• Law biography stubs