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When the "not guilty" verdicts were announced late in the afternoon of July 28, Marine Staff Sgt. Steven Smiley appeared to weaken at the knees. He gripped the table in

An eight-person military jury took two hours 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.

Staff Sgt. Steven T. Smiley had been charged with negligent homicide and other alleged offenses in connection with the 2021 death of Pfc. Dalton Beals.

A Marine drill instructor has been cleared of negligent homicide after a Marine recruit died during his grueling training session. 

The jury is deliberating in the case of Staff Sgt. Steven Smiley. He was charged in the June 2021 death of Dalton Beals

A doctor testified 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.

Defense makes its case in trial of Marine drill instructor on trial in death of recruit during training at Parris Island

The prosecution is calling witnesses including recruits who went through training with Dalton Beals, who died during the Crucible in 2021

Three recruits collapsed from the heat on one day of the Crucible, three days of physical and mental testing before graduating as Marines. Two recruits, one of whom was put in a