[News Script: Sergeant court martial ends] Page: 1 of 2
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ITCHLLL FOUND INiOCENJ'T
11/20 af 2250After more than six hours of' deliberation a Fort Hodd jury has found
s/sgtDavid Mitchell innocent 6f charges in connection with the alleged Ny Lai
murders. The defendants wife, father and mother were present in the
courtroom an6 when the verdict was ann unced they burst into te rs.
After the ordeal was over Sgt. Mitchell said the rmy is still his
nome and his career: "I volunteers fo: the army back in 1960, because
I wanted to be a soldier. i L'- the way of life h-t I chose for myself.
I w as little =pprehonsive during the trial, but I can tell you that
since the verdict that since the jury f und me not guilty, known that the
army i ; the grea L wganiza~ton Ltht it is, I think it's ev n greater and
1 think That aIl _he rrili t.ry por ndel everywheree really r alizes thot no"."
itcheli' Lawyer Ossie Brovn is still bitter about the lack of
support he received from Lt. william Ca'ey and his lawyers at Fort Benning
Georgia. iie indicated that as far aw he was concerned there would be no
committments regarding the sergeant's testifying in the other My Lai trials.
"Ww wi1l cro s that bridge when we get to it, but we'll do a lot of
consideration before we testify at any bodyy' ; ial I'rm afraid, because
we tried to set some people to core dawn ntdhelp testify in our trial and
we didn't succeed, so I think we'll lork a long time and stugy it a 1 ng
time before Ltstify at any other trial.
Sgt. David Mi' chell f w a free man after being found not guilty
here at Fort Hoad, Texas.
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Sergeant court martial ends], script, 1970-11-20T24:00:00; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1146780/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.