KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii (AP)--A military jury has decided a Marine is not guilty of hazing a fellow lance corporal who killed himself in Afghanistan.
The panel of three officers and five enlisted Marines found Lance Cpl. Carlos Orozco III not guilty Friday in a court-martial at Marine Corps Base Hawaii.
He was acquitted of charges involving the assault, cruel treatment and humiliation of Lance Cpl. Harry Lew, of California. Lew was a nephew of Democratic Rep. Judy Chu.
Lew fatally shot himself with his machine gun at their Afghanistan patrol base last April.
Orozco is the last of three Marines to be court-martialed for the alleged hazing of Lew. Another lance corporal last month pleaded guilty to assault. A jury found their squad leader not guilty of humiliating and demeaning Lew.
