NON JUDICIAL PUNISHMENT FOR URINATING ON CORPSES




"Despoiling of the dead is illegal under the Geneva conventions as well as under US military law.... (Yet) Three of the Marines involved in the video that surfaced in January of soldiers urinating on the corpses of Afghans have received "nonjudicial punishment" on Monday for their roles in the incident. Because they received "nonjudicial punishment," their names do not have to be released. There are no criminal charges; the military describes it as "an administrative matter.
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/08/27-8