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Paul Bergrin is one, an earlier article addressing his case, accessed through the following link:
A "top prosecutor" and one of New Jersey's "most prominent (and effective) defense lawyers," according to The New York Times, he ran afoul of the system by defending one of US soldiers charged with killing four Iraqis near Samarra during Operation Iron Triangle in May 2006, a case that made international headlines.
Yet as Professor Stjepan Mestrovic explained in his book titled, "The 'Good Soldier' on Trial: A Sociological Study of Misconduct by the US Military Pertaining to Operation Iron Triangle, Iraq," four charged soldiers followed their commander's (Col. Michael Steele) Rules of Engagement (ROE) to "kill all military age males." They had to obey or face Court Martial and imprisonment, their fate as it turned out anyway to absolve their commander of responsibility.
Bergrin wanted him and the entire chain of command, including Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, George Bush and Dick Cheney held culpable, and therein lay his undoing.
Arrested and imprisoned since May 2009, he was accused of racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, wire fraud, wire fraud conspiracy, the murder of a federal witness, and conspiracy to commit murder plus other charges in a 14-count indictment. One or more of the charges were later dropped, but if convicted of those remaining, he faces a potential life sentence - not for any crime, but for doing his job honorably and courageously.
Six earlier articles discussed another longtime heroic lawyer, Lynne Stewart, access through the following link, the most recent article includes links to the others:
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