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November 10, 2009, Cambridge, MA – The U.S. District Court in the Southern District of…
November 4, 2009, New York – In response to news of an Italian court’s conviction…
Staff Sergeant Mejia-Castillo was discharged for "bad conduct" and sentenced to a year in military prison for refusing to return to fight in Iraq, where "torture and abuse were destroying the lives of the Iraqis." Charged with desertion, he was court-martialed, sentenced to 12 months in a military jail, and reduced in rank from staff sergeant to private.
He is seeking a reversal of his bad conduct discharge, the restoration of rank, and back pay. The Center for Constitutional Rights, together with co-counsel Font & Glazer, Citizen Soldier, and former attorney-general Ramsey Clark, are filing the appeal on his behalf.
Press release issued August 6th, 2009 by CCR.
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