Lawyer, John Henry Browne said he could not discuss details of the case, in the absence of further classified. But he expects to be the focal point of the Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales against in the case of a problem.
"It was caused by him, a huge depression, and," Browne said.
The lawyer said that in the past, experienced a serious foot Bales, and his deployments, injury and trauma to the head, the other significant risks. In addition, exchanges of military foot had been blown in Afghanistan the day before the massacre, he said.
Bales was charged with premeditated murder and 17 counts of other offences. He is running in the Us military prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
The defense team is now in the collection of evidence and other Us soldiers in Afghanistan, who knew Bales interview.
"All you've spoken to compulsory military service does not have any positive things to say about him, but amazingly," said Browne, who is not a team in Afghanistan.
To address these Browne does not believe the group, visit the villages, where the killings took place. The researchers are likely to stay in Afghanistan for a few more weeks.
Browne was questioned by the United States Government against bales, noting at the scene of the crime has not been preserved.
"It is going to be difficult to prove the prosecution," Browne said. ' Is not a ' CSI ' information. Is not in the DNA, which I know. "There is a ballistics, that I know."
Bales has indicated that he had prescription drugs, he or she may have, before the shooting is something the attorney took a larger memory recollection — problems with the indicator.
The lawyer also said, he is the night of the shootings. In a separate interview with The Washington Post Browne said Wednesday at the Bales will be remembered, the smell, the gunfire and human bodies, but not much more.
Browne added his client reported suffering from nightmares, pojastaan war scenes and headache after his multiple combat tours. Bales told of his legal team, that he has woken the night sweats with the long and often concerned with inset, memories of the scene in Iraq that he and his infantry company saw several years ago, Browne said.
The lawyer stressed the Bales does not recognise seemed surprised when his gun was taken away, the newspaper reported.
US military officials said, were drinking in the southern Afghan base Bales on March 11 before the creeping bent away from the village in the middle of the night, Shooting his victims, and then many of them on fire. The nine were children.
Bales has been in the past, alcohol and violence.
In 2002, he was arrested for drunken assault Tacoma Casino security guard. The charge was dismissed after the Bales of anger management training for 20 hours.
In 2008, the pair accused the woman's hand and grabbing his crotch thrusting towards the kicking and punching an intoxicated woman's boyfriend, the Bales before the police report. Prosecutors declined to pursue the case.
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By Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAYThe home of Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, who is accused of killing 17 Afghan civilians, is located in Bonney Lake, Wash."It's going to be a difficult case for the prosecution to prove," Browne said. "There's no 'CSI' information. There's no DNA that I know of. There's no ballistics that I know of."Bales has indicated that he had no recollection of prescription drugs he may have been taking before the shooting — something the attorney took as an indicator of larger memory problems. The lawyer also said his client has a sketchy memory of the night of the shootings.U.S. military officials said Bales was drinking on a southern Afghanistan base on March 11 before creeping away to two villages at night, shooting his victims and setting many of them on fire. Nine were children.Bales has had incidents involving alcohol and violence in the past.In 2002, he was arrested on a charge of a drunken assault of a security guard at a Tacoma casino. That charge was dismissed after Bales completed 20 hours of anger management training.In 2008, a couple accused an intoxicated Bales of grabbing a woman's hand and thrusting it toward his crotch before kicking and punching the woman's boyfriend, according to a police report. Prosecutors declined to pursue that case.Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.For more information about reprints & permissions, visit our FAQ's. To report corrections and clarifications, contact Standards Editor Brent Jones. For publication consideration in the newspaper, send comments to letters@usatoday.com. Include name, phone number, city and state for verification. To view our corrections, go to corrections.usatoday.com.