Staff Sgt. Steven Smiley’s fate is in the hands of an eight-person jury. Closing arguments in the Marine drill instructor’s negligent homicide trial came Friday. The trial put the Marine training ...
An eight-person military jury took two hours Friday to find Staff Sgt. Steven Smiley not guilty of negligent homicide and four other counts in the death of Marine recruit Dalton Beals in 2021. The ...
A doctor testified Tuesday that Dalton Beals’ death during basic training at U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island in 2021 resulted from a fatal and preexisting heart condition. Under cross ...
A Parris Island drill instructor goes on trial Monday in a military court two years after the Marines say his failures led to the death of a recruit during his final hours of training on a hot day at ...