insurance money and for sergeant diamond to take the fall. michelle theer was a brilliant, cunning, ruthless woman who wanted her husband dead. the military jury, however, didn t see it quite that way. the verdict was swift. guilty as charged, and from that moment on his demeanor changed. i mean it was like somebody just sucked the air out of him. the john diamond full of bravado and ego just shrivelled away. diamond was sentenced to life in prison without parole. at the time his family was furious, convinced he was framed. you don t expect to be convicted on theory and myth and what-ifs. show me blood. show me a gun. show me the timeline that works. show me those facts.
this is where army staff sergeant john diamond found himself, a prime suspect in the murder of air force captain marty theer. military justice is much swifter than civilian justice. so he goes to the article 32 hearing, which is like the grand jury. they immediately find cause and they charge him. and nine months after the murder in a small fort bragg courtroom, diamond went on trial before a military jury. diamond was very, very cocky at the beginning. he would laugh and joke with reporters in there. he was just so sure that he was going to be acquitted. but john diamond wasn t the star of his own trial, michelle was. she was free as a bird then, though still under investigation by fayetteville civilian homicide cops, and here she was called to testify at her former lover s military trial. she shows up. her hair is now like a red color
the attacks returned to a courtroom in guantanamo bay after a long delay our ken dilanian is there. ken, khalid sheikh mohammed looked a lot different than many remember reporter: lester, the confessed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks was escorted by guards into a military courtroom here today wearing a turban and a full beard dyed orange. his first appearance after a pandemic shutdown of more than 500 days khalid sheikh mohammed could be seen smiling and bantering with one of his four co-defendants. the death penalty case against the five men is in its ninth year of pretrial hearings with a new judge and no sign that it will reach a military jury anytime soon the judge called a halt after just two hours over a procedural issue the defendants were taken back to their cell as the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks approaches, justice in this case remains elusive. ken dilanian at guantanamo bay tonight, thanks. texas governor greg abbott signed sweeping new voting restrictions into
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