I wish it was true but unfortunately, it is journalistic license.

The first giveaway should be the litigious society we live in. In the real world the Marines would we arrested because the rights of the criminal are sacrosanct, were the story true. doh

http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/stabbedmarine.asp

http://www.wrdw.com/crimeteam12/headlines/Marine_stabbed__110885944.html