Hearings set for soldiers accused of murder

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Hearings set for soldiers accused of murder
The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Oct 8, 2007 7:04:22 EDT

HONOLULU — The Army plans to hold preliminary hearings this month for two Schofield Barracks soldiers charged with killing an Iraqi civilian in June.

Sgt. 1st Class Trey Corrales of San Antonio and Spc. Christopher Shore of Winder, Ga., both still in Iraq, were charged July 17 with killing an Iraqi while on a combat mission near Kirkuk on June 25.

Shore will face an Article 32 hearing, the military equivalent to a preliminary hearing, on Oct. 18 at Wheeler Army Airfield on Oahu.

Corrales’ hearing will be held Oct. 22.

The two soldiers could have faced the death penalty but an Army spokeswoman said military prosecutors will seek life imprisonment without parole, the Honolulu Star-Bulletin reported.

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Following the shooting, Lt. Col. Michael Browder was relieved as commander of the 2nd Battalion and replaced by Lt. Col. Samuel Whitehurst. Browder is not a suspect in the case and was relieved because the Army lacked confidence in his ability to command, said Lt. Col. Michael Donnelly, 25th Division spokesman.


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