With the imminent formal charges against his client in the days, counsel for a sergeant in the army suspected the horrible night massacre of 16 Afghan villagers flew in Kansas and was preparing for his first meeting in the face to face with the veteran of 10 years.
John Henry Browne of Seattle said he planned to meet Monday Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, who is detained in a cell isolated in Fort Leavenworth military prison.
Balls, 38 years old, has not been charged in the shooting on March 11, has been infringed in relations between the United States and the Afghanistan, who threatens to return the policy of the United States in the war of ten years. But the formal charges are expected to be filed in a week and if the case is brought to trial will be held in the United States, said a legal expert with the U.S. military familiar to the investigation.
That fresh said experts were still to be decided and that the location of any trial had not yet been determined. If the suspect is presented at trial, it is possible that the victims and the Afghan witnesses would be raised to the United States to participate, he said.
Military lawyers say once prosecutors involved in the initial investigation of an alleged crime involving a member of the service have what they think to be a solid understanding of what has happened and are satisfied with the evidence collected, they loads project and present it to a commander. This person then makes a judgment on if there is probable cause to believe that an offence has been committed and that the accused committed it.
The Commander then "prefer" the charges to the convening authority, which generally is the Commander of the brigade to which the accused is assigned, but may be of a higher rank.
Bullets team said in a statement late Saturday that "" it is too early to determine what factors have played in this incident and the defence team is pleased to review of the evidence, examine all the medical records and staff sergeant balls and question witnesses. ""
Statement of the lawyers' said also family of the bullets was "surprised by this tragedy, but they stand behind the man they know as a devoted husband, father and the dedicated Army Member.".
Military authorities reported that balls, after drinking on a base in the South of the Afghanistan, slipped away March 11 to two villages fell asleep during the night, shooting his victims and many of them fire. Nine of the 16 killed were children and 11 belonged to a family.
Records and interviews in recent days showed that the bullets were a string of commendations for good behaviour after four towers in Iraq and Afghanistan. But he has also faced a number of difficulties in recent years: a work of investment of Florida a sour, at his home in the Seattle area was sentenced as he is struggling to make payments on another, and it does not have to obtain a recent promotion.
Legal issues included them charges that he assaulted a girlfriend and, in a tube - and run accident, hemorrhage in military clothing in the Woods, court records show. He said police, he fell asleep at the wheel and paid a fine to get the charges dismissed, the records show.
Rebecca Steed, spokesman at Fort Leavenworth, said that bullets would be able to meet Browne in what is described as a privileged visit. With medical visits, these meetings are generally more private than other activities in the prison.
Browne, 65, has represented clients ranging from serial killer Ted Bundy of Colton Harris - Moore, known as the "barefoot Bandit". He said that he managed military affairs only three or four. Bullets will have at least a military lawyer.
Large and elegant, Browne was an important figure in the State of Washington legal community since the 1970s, known also for his zeal in the representation of his clients and his flair for the television cameras.
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Writers of the Associated Press Manuel Valdes in Seattle, John Milburn in Topeka, Kan and Deb Riechmann in Kabul, Afghanistan, contributed equally.
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