Raven 23: Presumption of Guilt

Gina and Mike take a look at the US Government's case files, including witness statements and shell casings at the scene, showing that the Raven 23 team was taking incoming gunfire. 

We take a look at how the US government turned over the investigation into the  Nisour Square incident to the Iraqi National Police, which employed shady and, in US courts, illegal tactics that caught the attention of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

And Entifahd Qanbar, the former President of the Iraqi National Congress, and Joseph Low IV, executive director of the esteemed Trial Lawyers College, give their professional perspective.

FOR MORE:

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE
Amicus brief supporting Raven 23
https://www.nacdl.org/getattachment/ae7cc5bb-9704-4690-80ce-471692618938/blackwater.pdf

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