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Marine Drill Instructor Convicted Of Abusing Recruits To Be Sentenced Today

Gunnery Sgt. Joseph Felix, a 34-year-old Iraq veteran, was found guilty by a military court of punching, kicking and choking enlistees, particularly Muslim-American recruits.

A Marine Corps drill instructor who was charged with harassing and assaulting dozens of young recruits — directing particular rage at Muslim enlistees — has been convicted by an eight-member military jury. He faces years of confinement

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