By Haytham Faraj
Wuterich was charged with killing five men who dismounted from a car after an IED exploded and began to run away.  They had been taught by lawyers who are experts in the rules of engagement that if a there is an IED and you observe military aged males running from the area, such an act may be considered a hostile act and you may engage.  He fired.  One of the immunized witnesses came in to court ready to testify that Wuterich shot and killed all the men.   I set the scene in the court room using props and tape on the ground after I locked him into his testimony, then asked him to stand up and demonstrate what he had just described.  He failed miserably.  The jurors stood up and were given permission by the judge to move where they need to so they can “see the action.”  By the 4^th hour of examination, he testified that he was the one that shot them.  Military juries are allowed to ask questions.  At the conclusion of my examination one of the jurors asked:  “you shot them but do you know if you killed them?  He said I killed them. I don’t miss!”