James Branum wins another case

[Jean Mcmahon]

Under the Hood is pleased to announce that Eric Jasinski was released on April 24, 2010. On March 30, 2010, Spc. Eric Jasinski was sentenced to 30 days confinement in the Bell County Jail. Jasinski, 23, who is a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War, went AWOL in 2009 to seek help for his PTSD. According to his attorney, James Branum, "He was seeing a psychiatrist for his condition and prescribed Zoloft for depression and Trazadone to get to sleep, and they handed him his gun and told him to go back to Iraq." Branum went on to say, “We, as Americans, need to see how combat vets are treated today. Eric is in jail because he has PTSD and was denied the care he needed. His 'desertion' was an act of desperation, the act of a soldier who had no other options.”

Eric's supporters held a vigil on the evening of March 30th outside of the East Gate. Vigils were subsequently held every Saturday at the Bell County Jail Annex, 113 West Central Avenue, Belton, Texas until Eric was released.