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October 27th, 2006 - Girouard
Defers Plea at Arraignment |
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Girouard Defers Plea at Arraignment By Thomay Hogan The Leaf-Chronicle October 27, 2006 Staff Sgt. Raymond Girouard
declined to enter a plea during his arraignment hearing on murder charges
today. Girouard, of 3rd Brigade
Combat Team, is charged in connection with the deaths of three Iraqi
detainees during a raid on a suspected al-Qaida stronghold near Tikrit. Girouard's attorneys
requested he be released from pre-trial confinement, but the judge did not
rule on it today, saying he wanted to review the evidence. Girouard - who faces charges
of premeditated murder, attempted premeditated murder, conspiracy to commit
murder, conspiracy to commit premeditated murder, communicating a threat,
conspiracy to obstruct justice, obstruction of justice, larceny and violating
a direct order - is the third solder to be arraigned in the case. If convicted, he could be
sentenced to life without parole and a dishonorable discharge. Two of his co-defendents,
Pfc. Corey R. Clagett and Spc. William B. Hunsaker, also with 3rd Brigade,
were arraigned Thursday. They also declined to enter pleas. A fourth soldier charged in
the case, Spc. Juston Graber, has yet to be arraigned. External link:
http://www.theleafchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061027/NEWS01/61027005 |