Talk:Trial begins for Canadian soldier accused of murder in battlefield killing

Corrections
The story states: "Shortly afterwards, with only Semrau near the man, two gunshots were heard. At least one eyewitness claims to have watched Semrau shooting the militant with his field rifle."

In fact, there is no published evidence supporting this, nor has any yet been presented at trial. A more accurate statement would be: "A witness will allege that Semrau was near the man when two gunshots were heard."

The story should read: "... prosecution documents say a witness will allege that Semrau was near the man when two shots were heard..."

The statement, as written in the story assumes facts that are not in evidence.


 * Neither of you seem to know what an eyewitness is. It has an entirely different meaning from the narrow legal definition of witness. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 18:01, 31 January 2010 (UTC)