DRILL SERGEANT APOLOGIZES TO VICTIMS, FAMILY.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. A drill sergeant (Mil.) a noncommissioned officer whose office it is to instruct soldiers as to their duties, and to train them to military exercises and evolutions. (Mil.) See under Drill. See also: Drill Sergeant facing life in prison for raping six female trainees apologized to his victims and his family Monday, after his mother begged the court for mercy. ``After I started down this path, I became blind to my inability to live by the moral values I learned from childhood,'' Staff Sgt. Delmar Simpson said. Simpson apologized to his wife, Juliet, his fellow drill sergeants and his victims. ``I apologize to the trainees who believe I brought them harm,'' he said. ``I was your drill sergeant and I failed you.'' With the help of family, ``I believe I can regain my moral compass,'' he said. Earlier, his mother, Edna Simpson, 61, testified: ``I would say to the panel, to the judge, please have mercy on my son.'' Simpson was convicted last week of 18 counts of rape involving six trainees and 29 other offenses, mostly sexual misconduct sexual misconduct Professional ethics Any behavior that violates a health professional's ethics through sexual contact of physician and his/her Pt. See Professional boundaries. . Closing statements in his sentencing hearing were scheduled for this morning, followed by jury deliberations. One of the five witnesses who took the stand Monday was an Army psychiatrist, Col. Raymond Lande, who said Simpson suffers from a narcissistic personality disorder narcissistic personality disorder Autophilia, narcism, narcissism, self-centeredness, self-love Psychiatry A condition characterized by '…a pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy that begins in . People with such disorders place ``a great deal of importance on themselves at the expense of other individuals,'' and ``tend to feel they are entitled en·ti·tle tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles 1. To give a name or title to. 2. To furnish with a right or claim to something: to certain things in life in terms of interpersonal relationships This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since September 2007. ,'' Lande said. If Simpson is taken out of the environment in which the rapes occurred, ``it is less likely that his behavior will reoccur,'' Lande testified. The allegations against Simpson led to charges against 12 staff members - all African-American - at Aberdeen Proving Ground Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) is a United States Army facility located near Aberdeen, Maryland (in Harford County). The Army's oldest active proving ground, it was established on October 20, 1917, six months after the United States entered World War I. , 30 miles northeast of Baltimore, and prompted investigations into sexual misconduct at U.S. military bases worldwide. Earlier Monday, a lawyer for another drill sergeant charged with rape accused the Army of targeting African-American men for prosecution. |
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