a Norfolk-based sailor faces the death penalty for the alleged murder...
a Norfolk-based sailor faces the death penalty for the alleged murder of a Marine in North Carolina last January.
a Norfolk-based sailor faces the death penalty for the alleged murder of a Marine in North Carolina last January. This is the 1st time in almost 50 years the Navy has sought the death penalty in a murder case.
The commander of Navy Region Mid-Atlantic, Rear Admiral Rick Ruehe, announced that the sailor, Cooper Jackson, 22, will go before a general court-martial on charges of premeditated murder, kidnapping, impersonating a Naval Criminal Investigative Service agent and obstruction of justice.
Under military law, the penalty for premeditated murder is death or life imprisonment.
The victim was Cpl. Justin L. Huff, 23, who was reported missing Jan. 2. NCIS agents found Huff's stabbed, burned and buried body on Jan. 13 in a wooded area in Currituck County, N.C.. Officials have not released a motive.
Jackson has been held since Jan. 13 at the Navy Brig at Norfolk Naval Station.
The commander of Navy Region Mid-Atlantic, Rear Admiral Rick Ruehe, announced that the sailor, Cooper Jackson, 22, will go before a general court-martial on charges of premeditated murder, kidnapping, impersonating a Naval Criminal Investigative Service agent and obstruction of justice.
Under military law, the penalty for premeditated murder is death or life imprisonment.
The victim was Cpl. Justin L. Huff, 23, who was reported missing Jan. 2. NCIS agents found Huff's stabbed, burned and buried body on Jan. 13 in a wooded area in Currituck County, N.C.. Officials have not released a motive.
Jackson has been held since Jan. 13 at the Navy Brig at Norfolk Naval Station.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: US Navy Times, Virginian-Pilot, 20/07/2006)