Notorious mercenaries convicted of massacre in Iraq pardoned by Trump
Former Blackwater security guard Dustin Heard (C) and his attorney David Schertler (L) leave arraignment at U.S. district court on January 6, 2009 in Washington, DC. Heard and four other former guards pleaded not guilty to charges of manslaughter in the killing of at least 14 unarmed Iraqis [Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images] December 23, 2020 at 2:57 pm
Four Blackwater security guards convicted in 2014 of carrying out a massacre of Iraqi civilians, sparking an international outcry over the use of mercenaries in war, have been pardoned by US President Donald Trump.
Paul Slough, Evan Liberty, Dustin Heard and Nicholas Slatten were all jailed for their roles in a deadly 2007 shooting in Baghdad s Nisour Square that marked one of the lowest points of America s war in Iraq. They were convicted after a lengthy trial that saw some 30 witnesses travel from Iraq to testify against them.
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A quirk of legal timing had left Audrey Strauss’s tenure as acting head of the Southern District of New York set to expire just before the end of the Trump administration.
The Federal District Court in Manhattan formally appointed Audrey Strauss as the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.Credit.Jose A. Alvarado Jr. for The New York Times
Dec. 22, 2020
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