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Thursday, October 23, 2014

Blackwater Guards Vow to Appeal Convictions for Iraq Shooting

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In this Sept. 25, 2007 file photo, an Iraqi traffic policeman inspects a car destroyed by a Blackwater security detail in al-Nisoor Square in Baghdad, Iraq.
In this Sept. 25, 2007 file photo, an Iraqi traffic policeman inspects a car destroyed by a Blackwater security detail in al-Nisoor Square in Baghdad, Iraq.
Updated at 2:40 p.m.
Former Blackwater security guards convicted Wednesday of killing unarmed Iraqi civilians will challenge the verdict, according to defense lawyers. The case, they said, isn't over.
The 2007 shooting in Baghdad’s Nisour Square left 14 people dead and 20 wounded. The jury, which began deliberating in early September, found one of the guards, Nicholas Slatten, guilty of murder. Three other guards, Paul Slough, Evan Liberty and Dustin Heard, were found guilty on voluntary manslaughter and other related charges. Slough, Liberty and Heard were not charged with murder.
U.S. District Senior Judge Royce Lamberth, who presided over the trial, declared a mistrial on three remaining counts related to Heard. All four guards were remanded into custody


Read more: http://www.nationallawjournal.com/legaltimes/id=1202674231408/Blackwater-Guards-Vow-to-Appeal-Convictions-for-Iraq-Shooting#ixzz3GylX1DG7