After a month of often conflicting testimony about a fatal shooting of Afghan civilians, three military officers must now decide whether to recommend criminal charges _ but not before reviewing 5,000 pages of evidence.
The rarely used Court of Inquiry heard closing arguments Tuesday from a government lawyer and attorneys representing two officers who led the Marine special operations company involved in the shooting. Its final report, which may take several weeks to complete, could recommend the officers be charged.
"It's too bad the way these Marines have been vilified," civilian lawyer Knox Nunnally, who represented one of the officers, said …
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