Submitted on Friday 11th September 2015
Rejected on Wednesday 16th September 2015
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Free Alexander Blackman who has been used as a 'political scapegoat'
Alexander Blackman was a highly experienced Marine destined for promotion when, on September 15, 2011, he led a patrol to check on a Taliban gunman who had been mortally wounded while attacking a British outpost in Helmand Province.
It was near the end of a horror-filled tour of Afghanistan.
It was near the end of a horror-filled tour of Afghanistan in which seven fellow Marines had been killed and 40 more injured by the Taliban.
The insurgent was found dying in a field, and was shot by Alexander Blackman – who told the court he believed the man was already dead – in a ‘moment of madness’ blamed on the acute stresses of the tour.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3229984/A-shameful-injustice-Mail-fights-overturn-conviction-Marine-given-life-murdering-Taliban-heat-battle-shocking-flaws-trial-revealed.html#ixzz3lPjCa9Uw
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