Ex-Blackwater Guard gets retrial because the Fed Court didn’t allow his request to have a separate trial from other accused in massacre of 14 Iraqi civilians – PB/TK
Ex-Blackwater Guard’s Conviction in Iraq Massacre Overturned, Appeals Court Rules- By Phil McCausland / Aug 4 2017
A federal appeals court on Friday threw out the life sentence of a Blackwater Worldwide security guard who was convicted of murder in the killing of 14 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad.
Nicolas Slatten, 33, was convicted in April 2015 of first-degree murder by a federal jury in Washington, D.C., but now gets a retrial in the case.
Three former guards with the private military company who were found guilty in the same incident — each earning 30-year sentences — also will be resentenced by an order of the court.
Paul Slough, Evan Liberty and Dustin Heard were convicted of voluntary manslaughter in October 2014 and sentenced the following May.
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