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Friday, May 06, 2005

1LT HALL ACQUITTAL EPILOGUE: "JUSTICE WAS NOT SERVED" 
From Newsday (Long Island, NY; the only NY paper for good sports scores, trust me), reaction from the alleged victim of 1LT Mike Hall to his acquittal:
"The Army, though this judge and this illogical verdict was obviously determined to inflict the final parting act of reprisal and retaliation against me for reporting this rape and going public with the truth," Jennifer Ottepka of Mays Landing wrote in four-page statement.
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"The Army has essentially decreed that it is completely acceptable for soldiers to be vile criminals," she wrote.
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