Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Marine gets 8 years for kidnapping and murder

February 17, 2007
Marine gets 8 years for kidnapping and murder

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - A Marine who said he never fired a shot in the kidnapping and murder of an Iraqi man was sentenced Saturday to 8 years in military prison — the longest sentence yet in the case.

Lance Cpl. Robert B. Pennington, 22, also was reduced in rank and given a dishonorable discharge during the sentencing hearing at the Camp Pendleton Marine base.

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