Incarcerated Edmond soldier's brother appeals for clemency
BY CHRIS CASTEEL NewsOK.com
Friday, February 08, 2013
ARLINGTON, Va. — U.S. Army 1st Lt. Michael Behenna has been punished enough for killing a suspected terrorist in Iraq and should be released from prison, Behenna's brother argued Thursday before the Army Clemency and Parole Board.
Brett Behenna, in an interview after the closed-door hearing on Behenna's request for clemency, said he told the board that his brother had served four years of his 15-year sentence and further confinement was not justified.
“The fact that he will be dishonorably discharged, the fact that he will be a convicted felon the rest of his life, the fact that he'll lose constitutional rights that every fellow American enjoys — all these things are a sufficient punishment, a punishment that is proportional and a punishment that does justice,” Brett Behenna, an Oklahoma County prosecutor, said.
“And we asked them to release Michael and allow him to come home to his family.”
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Brett Behenna, left, brother of 1st Lt. Michael Behenna, talks Thursday with his parents, Scott and Vicki, of Edmond, after speaking to the U.S. Army Clemency and Parole Board in Virginia. CHRIS CASTEEL/NewsOK.com
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