US OFFICER: DROP MARINE'S MURDER CHARGES

An investigating officer has recommended that the Marine at the center of the biggest prosecution of U.S. troops in the Iraq war should not stand trial on murder charges. Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich is charged with the unpremeditated murder of 17 Iraqis in Haditha in 2005. Lt. Col. Paul Ware recommended that Wuterich should be tried for the lesser offense of negligent homicide.