The Nation - News from Feb. 26, 1989
An officer convicted in the death of a Marine lance corporal who was left in the Mojave Desert last August was sentenced to four months in the brig and will be dismissed from the Marine Corps. A jury of eight officers at Camp LeJeune, N.C., deliberated about two hours before recommending the sentence for 1st Lt. Allen Lawson. Earlier, the same jury convicted Lawson of dereliction of duty and an unrelated charge of appearing drunk in public in December. Lawson, 25, of Flint, Mich., was the only commissioned officer charged in the case; two sergeants were convicted earlier.
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