Amid the continuing imprisonment in Mexico of a U.S. Marine, another apparent miscarriage of justice is being called out by the families of three Marines who were killed in an insider attack in Afghanistan. The attacker has been sentenced to just 7.5 years in prison by an Afghan court.
Staff Sgt. Scott E. Dickinson, 29, Cpl. Richard A. Rivera, 20, and Lance Cpl. Gregory T. Buckley Jr., 21, were fatally shot, while a fourth Marine was wounded, when the Afghan teen opened fire at their base in Aug. 2012. The teen was being trained by the Marines to join the Afghan police force.
Buckley Jr. was just days away from coming home for a surprise visit. At the time of the murder, his father tearfully recalled that his son had referred to the Afghans in training as "shady" and didn't want to be there with them.
Greg Buckley Sr. was originally told by the Marines that the Afghan teen, Ainuddin Khudairaham, would be tried as an adult and most likely receive the death penalty. But that changed when the court decided to try the 17-year-old as a juvenile, meaning last week's 7.5-year sentence was the maximum penalty.Read the rest of the story HERE and watch related videos below:
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