A panel of three enlisted troops and five officers deliberated for six hours before issuing their verdict.
A jury found that Gunnery Sgts. Josh Negron and Danny Draher had violated a lawful general order by consuming alcohol while deployed to Iraq.
Gunnery Sgts. Josh Negron and Danny Draher were acquitted on charges of involuntary manslaughter and negligent homicide.
“I found a brain that was severely traumatized,” he said, describing the blood, hemorrhaging, bruising and dead tissue.
Defense lawyers worked to sow doubt about the prosecution’s theory that former Green Beret Rick Rodriguez died because of his head injury.
But on cross-examination, a lawyer for Gunnery Sgt. Josh Negron expressed skepticism about the reliability of the witness’ testimony.
The two sides differed about whether it looked like the contractor or the Marines instigated the violence.
In a trial that started Tuesday, Gunnery Sgts. Daniel Draher and Joshua Negron are facing charges that include involuntary manslaughter.
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