Bill Text: GA SR1035 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: U.S. President; urged to pardon three Navy SEALs facing court martial proceedings

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-04-27 - Senate Passed/Adopted [SR1035 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2009-SR1035-Enrolled.html

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10 LC 21 0722S (SCS)

Senate Resolution 1035

By: Senators Shafer of the 48th, Douglas of the 17th, Murphy of the 27th, Moody of the 56th, Balfour of the 9th and others
ADOPTED SENATE

A RESOLUTION

Urging the President to pardon the three Navy SEALs facing court martial proceedings in the capture of terrorist Ahmed Hashim Abed; and for other purposes.

WHEREAS, three Navy SEALs captured Ahmed Hashim Abed, the alleged planner of the March, 2004, ambush in Fallujah that resulted in the brutal killing of four American contractors who were hung on the bridge over the Euphrates River after being burned and mutilated; and

WHEREAS, Abed evaded justice for over five years until Special Warfare Operators Second Class Matthew McCabe and Jonathan Keefe and Special Warfare Operator First Class Julio Huertas undertook a mission that resulted in the capture of this alleged terrorist; and

WHEREAS, in the course of capturing Abed, it appears that one of the Navy SEALs may have punched Abed in the stomach; and

WHEREAS, these SEALs, by all accounts exceptional sailors as evidenced by the fact that they had each been recently advanced in rank, are now facing court martial proceedings, the penalties for which could include dishonorable discharge and imprisonment; and

WHEREAS, these SEALs, at risk to themselves, captured an alleged terrorist wanted for planning an attack that not only killed Americans but also maimed and mutilated their bodies; and

WHEREAS, prosecution in this case where there is no evidence of torture or abuse beyond the single punch to Abed's stomach could confuse, demoralize, and negatively impact all American service personnel who are placed in dangerous and often ambiguous situations.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body urge President Barrack Obama to personally review the case of these three Navy SEALs for a presidential pardon.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to the President of the United States by certified mail and to send a copy of this resolution to each sailor involved.