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I have a question and I want to point something out because fair is fair. I've had several trivia contributions denied because it was claimed they were too long. Probably a couple of paragraphsBut here I see a double standard under trivia for the movie A Few Good Men.
So I have to ask, why do I get denied for a couple of paragraphs because it's claimed they're too long but I see a thesis like this?
"Aaron Sorkin, was inspired to write the play "A Few Good Men", from a recounting of a case being work on by his sister Deborah Sorkin. a recent graduate of Boston University Law School, who had signed up for three years on the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps. She represented some of the individuals who were charged. The facts of the case:
- There was a number of Marines who worked perimeter security on base, which was one of the tougher assignments, who were part of an an elite and unofficial group of Marines known as "The Ten" which engaged in more strenuous conditioning and worked directly under the base colonel and company captain.
- The Marines who were on-duty in this group ,engaged in fence-line shooting to "instigate a war".
- While stationed at Guantanamo Bay, Private First Class (PFC) William Alvarado wrote letters to a Texas Congressman complaining of poor conditions and illegal activities on the base, including Marines firing shots across the fence line into Cuba. PFC Alvarado also requested a transfer off the base.
- There were also concerns that Alvarado informed that some marines at Guantanamo Bay had fired without authorization into enemy territory.
- This information reached commanding officer Colonel Samuel Adams , a Texas Native, who elected not to transfer Alvarado, despite concerns that the Marine's violation of the chain of command may put him in danger.
- In September 1986, "The Ten" allegedly were encouraged to punish Alvarado for what was viewed as dishonorable conduct. One night, "The Ten" chose to perform a "code red". A "code red" is how they refer to hazing a Marine and is strictly against Marine Corps policy.
- Alvarado did lose consciousness when he was bound with tape and gagged with a pillowcase
- Alvarado was taken to the infirmary before being transferred to a hospital in Miami, Florida, where he went on to make a full recovery
- Following the incident, "The Ten" admitted guilt and were arrested immediately.
- All ten Marines were offered a choice: they could accept a plea bargain, which would see them receiving no criminal charges or convictions, though they would be dishonorably discharged from the Marine Corps, or they could proceed on to a court martial in which they would be charged with attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
- Seven of the ten accepted the plea bargain, including platoon leader Christopher Lee Valdez, who was the only one of the seven to get his discharge upgraded to "honorable".
- David Cox, along with two other Marines, elected to stand trial, arguing that they had committed this act under an order from a commanding officer and that murder had never been the intention. The court martial, which lasted four days, saw Cox and the other two Marines cleared of both murder and conspiracy charges, though Cox was found guilty of simple assault, for which he was sentenced to thirty days. Since he had been in the brig for thirty-eight days at the time, the simple assault charge was dismissed to time served. Cox went on to finish his service with the Marine Corps, being honorably discharged in September 1989 at the rank of corporal.
- When Cox was discharged from the Marines, he worked part-time for the parcel-carrier UPS, for nearly four years. and was on the verge of receiving a full-time position, till he vanished under mysterious circumstances, in his home state of Massachusetts. On the day of his disappearance, his supervisor had left a message on his machine informing him of a full-time offer. His body was discovered in a wooden area near the Charles River, in April, four months after his disappearance."





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