Mercenaries are generally disliked by both sides.
Once no longer needed, they are a liability for their former employers.
“to commit violent crimes of any kind”
So defending their client—even if they did so mistakenly—was a CRIME???
This is ridiculous.
The Dept. of Justice (and this case is not the first example of this kind of conduct by the DOJ, by any means) needs to replace the statue of Justice outside its HQ with one of Pontius Pilate washing his hands after he turned over someone innocent in order to placate a mob...
These men are/were not mercenaries!