Post by peterd on Mar 30, 2012 6:12:09 GMT -8
A remorseful and weeping Spc. Saleel Zareef Qaasim took the stand in his court-martial trial to beg for forgiveness after he was convicted of murder on Thursday.
After more than four hours of deliberation, a military panel found Qaasim guilty of shooting Spc. Alex Gabriel Jaime in the chest with a shotgun on Feb. 7, 2011, at the Three Legged Monkey, but ruled that the shooting was not premeditated.
He was dishonorably discharged and sentenced to life in military prison with the possibility of parole.
www.military.com/news/article/fort-bliss-soldier-guilty-of-murdering-fellow-gi.html?col=1186032310810
After more than four hours of deliberation, a military panel found Qaasim guilty of shooting Spc. Alex Gabriel Jaime in the chest with a shotgun on Feb. 7, 2011, at the Three Legged Monkey, but ruled that the shooting was not premeditated.
He was dishonorably discharged and sentenced to life in military prison with the possibility of parole.
www.military.com/news/article/fort-bliss-soldier-guilty-of-murdering-fellow-gi.html?col=1186032310810