2 Marine Raiders, cleared of homicide, get no punishment for drinking

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2 Marine Raiders, cleared of homicide, get no punishment for drinking
By Irene Loewenson
Feb 2, 05:23 PM
From left to right: Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Draher, Chief Petty Officer Eric Gilmet and Gunnery Sgt. Joshua Negron, the accused in the "MARSOC 3" case. (Lloyd Wainscott Photography UAP, Inc.)

A jury decided on Thursday to give two Marine Raiders no legal punishment for drinking while deployed to Iraq, after a jury cleared them of homicide charges in connection with the death of a Green Beret veteran four years ago.

Gunnery Sgts. Josh Negron and Danny Draher also had faced charges of involuntary manslaughter, negligent homicide and dereliction in the performance of duties, but a jury of eight Marines found them not guilty on Wednesday night at a trial at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina.

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