Texsox Posted February 21, 2005 Share Posted February 21, 2005 Sun-Times Link Edited Quotes, More at Link Now Pierre Cole, 22, is back from Iraq and facing a murder charge in Cook County Criminal Court for allegedly killing a West Side store owner, In Taik Jung, during a botched robbery Oct. 14. Pierre Cole was on leave from Iraq. His father and others wonder if Cole's military experience played a role in the slaying. Seven other soldiers from the same base -- Fort Riley, Kan. -- also have been charged with murder, for other killings, since August. Five of those soldiers have been accused of killing civilians in Iraq, although the murder charge against one of them was dropped. Two more soldiers are charged with killing members of their unit near their base in Kansas. It's a rare cluster of murder cases for any one Army base. Statistics obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show that 18 murder cases were tried under military law for the entire Army in 2003, 30 in 2002 and 18 in 2001. Of the current Fort Riley cases, every one but Cole's is being handled in military courts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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