True or False: Staff Sergeant Frank Wuterich, the only Marine convicted in connection with the Haditha massacre, served jail time for his role in the deaths of 24 Iraqi civilians.

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False. Staff Sergeant Frank Wuterich pleaded guilty to one count of negligent dereliction of duty on January 24, 2012, and received a demotion to private and pay cut, but served no jail time. His plea deal dropped all manslaughter charges. He was originally charged with nine counts of voluntary manslaughter that could have resulted in 152 years in prison. Eight Marines were originally charged; seven had charges dropped, and Wuterich was the only one punished—receiving no prison time.

True or False: Staff Sergeant Frank Wuterich, the only Marine convicted in connection with the Haditha massacre, served jail time for his role in the deaths of 24 Iraqi civilians.

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