julio huertas were found not guilty of failing to protect a prison. matthew mccabe's style will start may 3 in norfolk, virginia. he is the only one of the seals accused of assaulting the terrorist ahmed hashim abed after his arrest last september. mccabe's attorney thinks the previous acquittalals shows the case against his client is weak. >> i have been practicing military law for 26 years and when there are codefendants in a case, often if the case is tried once or twice with negative results for the government, they often choose to drop the charges against the additional member. just to save judicial resources and government money. >> reporter: the suspect ahmed hashim abed is accused of masterminding a 2004 attack on american contractors in fallujah. in one of the most horrifying images of the war, americans' bodies were burned and hung from a bridge. abed claims he was beaten in custody. dropping the third case could present sticky p.r. situation for the u.s. military who are