The court martial of 21-year-old Ryan Sawyer Mays is scheduled to start Monday at Naval Base San Diego and last two weeks.
SAN DIEGO — According to prosecutors, Ryan Sawyer Mays was a young, arrogant sailor angry about being assigned to deck duty after failing to become a Navy SEAL — and he made the Navy pay in a big way.
Mays is charged with aggravated arson and the willful hazarding of a vessel. He has denied any wrongdoing. Barthel said he offered his services pro bono because he thought Mays would not be court martialed, but he does not have time with his full-time practice to continue to represent the sailor, who is using military counsel. Still, he said he is speaking out because the Navy case is unjust.
While investigators said Mays set the fire, a Navy report last year concluded that the inferno was preventable and unacceptable, and that there were lapses in training, coordination, communications, fire preparedness, equipment maintenance and overall command and control. in connection with what it described as widespread leadership failures that contributed to the disaster.
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