Marine accused in killing of 24 Iraqis in Haditha makes plea deal
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Wuterich will plead guilty to a single count of negligent dereliction of duty. Other charges were dropped. No announcement was made on what kind of discharge Wuterich would receive.
The maximum sentence is three months in the brig. That decision will be made by the judge.
When the smoke cleared, Wuterich’s squad had killed 24 Iraqis, including three women and seven children, in a fruitless effort to find the gunmen that the Marines believed was firing on them from a house near the bomb blast.
