The Martinez Court-Martial Explosion Case

In 2005, Capt. Phillip Esposito and 1st Lt. Louis Allen died after an explosion in Tikrit, Iraq. In 2006, Staff Sgt. Alberto B. Martinez offered to plead guilty in exchange for a life sentence. His plea was rejected so that he could be tried at court martial under the death penalty. A court-martial at Fort Bragg later acquitted Martinez in 2008, and he was given an honorable discharge.

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