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Court-Martial: Corporal Scott A. Burton

DOD | ACLU-RDI 2488
Court Martial and Record of Trial of Corporal Scott A Burton, of the 81mm Mortar Platoon, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment. He was tried at Camp Pendleton, CA. Burton conspired with Corporal Jeffery S. Case to use a fire extinguisher "to spray its contents in the face and body of an Iraqi detainee" who did not have a weapon and was "unthreatening". He also locked detainees in an abandonned tank and forced detainees to kneel in front of fighting holes while he fired a round next to a detainee's head, described as a "mock execution". He pleaded "Not Guilty" to all charges. Burton was convicted and sentenced to forfeit $156 pay per month for 6 months, to perform hard labor without confinement for one (1) month and to be reduced to pay grade E-3.
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