Judge Acquits Marine Instructor in Drowning
From Times Wire Reports
A military judge at Parris Island found a Marine Corps swim instructor not guilty of negligent homicide in the drowning of a recruit last year.
Staff Sgt. Nadya Lopez had been accused of failing to recognize or ignoring signs that Jason Tharp, then 19, was incapable of continuing before he drowned during training in a pool.
The judge, Maj. Mark Griffith, acquitted Lopez in the nonjury court-martial 40 minutes after defense attorneys rested without calling any witnesses.
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