Posted on Jul 30, 2020
Russia jails ex-US Marine Trevor Reed for assault
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A Russian court has sentenced a former US Marine to nine years in prison for assaulting two police officers while drunk last year.
Trevor Reed - a student aged 29 - has been in jail since last year when he was arrested for the alleged attack.
He and his family say the accusations are politically motivated, and have urged the US government to intervene.
In June, Russia sentenced another US citizen, Paul Whelan, to 16 years in a high-security prison on spying charges.
They are among a number of US citizens Russia has charged since relations between the countries began to deteriorate, correspondents say.
There has been speculation that they could become part of a possible prisoner swap reportedly being negotiated by Moscow and Washington.
Whelan's lawyer has previously said he believes Moscow wants to exchange Whelan for high-profile Russians held in US prisons.
Trevor Reed - a student aged 29 - has been in jail since last year when he was arrested for the alleged attack.
He and his family say the accusations are politically motivated, and have urged the US government to intervene.
In June, Russia sentenced another US citizen, Paul Whelan, to 16 years in a high-security prison on spying charges.
They are among a number of US citizens Russia has charged since relations between the countries began to deteriorate, correspondents say.
There has been speculation that they could become part of a possible prisoner swap reportedly being negotiated by Moscow and Washington.
Whelan's lawyer has previously said he believes Moscow wants to exchange Whelan for high-profile Russians held in US prisons.
Russia jails ex-US Marine Trevor Reed for assault
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Thank you for the news share from the BBC shipmate, terrible news.
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So given the nature of Trevors work in the Marines, he’s well aware of how to act in other countries. Especially in places like russia.
What pisses me off is how fucked their “judicial” system is.
Granted I’ve been spoiled by the US, knowing the full details of the case and everything that happened should have been pretty cut and dry not guilty.
Trevors got some stones though
"I think it would be unethical and immoral to plead guilty to a crime I didn't commit," he said in his closing statement on the eve of the trial's verdict. "If I am going to be given a prison sentence, I'd rather stay in prison than walk free tomorrow a liar and a coward."
What pisses me off is how fucked their “judicial” system is.
Granted I’ve been spoiled by the US, knowing the full details of the case and everything that happened should have been pretty cut and dry not guilty.
Trevors got some stones though
"I think it would be unethical and immoral to plead guilty to a crime I didn't commit," he said in his closing statement on the eve of the trial's verdict. "If I am going to be given a prison sentence, I'd rather stay in prison than walk free tomorrow a liar and a coward."
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His reason for going to Russia: “ He went to Moscow last year to learn Russian and visit his Russian girlfriend” seems absurd.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
Sgt Jesus Rodriguez Perspective. Amazing what a Russian "Swallow" can do. I Handled the Debrief Messages on SGT Clayton Lonetree.
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SrA Lisa Hunt
Every time I read something about American getting in trouble in an unfriendly country my first reaction is "Why would you be there in the first place? You should have known better!" Never catch me over there! Screwed up as it is, I'll take the American judicial system over any country.
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