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Appeals court orders new trial for security contractor Nicholas Slatten, who was convicted of murder
Thomson Reuters
Posted: Aug 04, 2017 12:23 PM ET
Last Updated: Aug 04, 2017 12:23 PM ET
A U.S. appeals court on Friday threw out the murder conviction of an ex-Blackwater security guard and ordered three of his former colleagues to be resentenced in the high-profile prosecution stemming from the massacre of 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians at a Baghdad traffic circle in 2007.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ordered a new trial after tossing the murder conviction of former security contractor Nicholas Slatten.
Separately, the court said Paul Slough, Dustin Heard and Evan Liberty, who were all convicted of manslaughter over their roles in the massacre, should be resentenced because their 30-year prison terms were too long.
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