A military judge took the rare step Monday to remove a prosecutor accused of misconduct from the war crimes case of a decorated Navy SEAL
1 / 6Navy SEAL Murder CaseFILE - This 2018 file photo provided by Andrea Gallagher shows her husband, Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher, who has been charged with murder in the 2017 death of an Iraqi war prisoner. Lawyers for Gallagher are seeking to have the charges dismissed for alleged prosecutorial misconduct.
Czaplak received word of the ruling during a deposition while questioning an Iraqi general, who is a witness in the case, defense lawyer Tim Parlatore said. "Unprecedented is too tame a description for what he did," said Solis, who applauded the ruling."Unwise is overly optimistic ... His conduct has been entirely inappropriate."But it's not clear if McMahon will stay on the prosecution team. McMahon's commanders ordered him to stop participating in the case last week and he didn't appear at hearings on Thursday and Friday.Czaplak will be replaced with another attorney from the Navy, spokesman Brian O'Rourke said.
It is extremely unusual for a military judge to remove the prosecution or dismiss a case only days before the start of a trial. The military justice system has gotten few war crime convictions and been criticized for being ineffective.He said investigators told him privately they planned to embed code in what he believed to be a court document to help them find the source of leaks.
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