Marine Jailed for War Crimes Freed http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/06/16

A US marine convicted of war crimes in Iraq has been released from prison pending an appellate court's review of his case.Hutchins was convicted of leading his seven-man squad in a plot to kidnap and kill the Iraqi man, whose name was not listed in the charges against Hutchins. The squad placed an AK-47 assault rifle and shovel near the man's body, to make him look like an insurgent planting a bomb.The other members of Hutchins' squad received short jail sentences, all of them less than 18 months.