A judge called the misconduct 'outrageous' as she vacated the officers' convictions and instead sentenced them to just $100 fines on misdemeanor charges
“The only reasonable inference is that the allegations are true,” Sammartino said.
But in the 14 months since the trial ended, their attorneys argued that a “dizzying array of government misconduct” prevented the former officers from getting a fair trial. For more than a year the defendants sought either a new trial or a complete dismissal of the case. In this January 2015 file photo, Assistant U.S. Attorneys Mark Pletcher talks outside the federal courthouse about the guilty plea of Leonard “Fat Leonard” Francis.
Since the day in September 2013 when armed federal agents burst in and arrested Francis inside his hotel room at the Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, prosecutors have charged at least 32 people in connection with the scandal, and hundreds more have faced internal Navy discipline.
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