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4 ex-Blackwater contractors appeal convictions in shootings
Associated Press ^ | Feb 1, 2016 5:42 PM EST | Eric Tucker

Posted on 02/01/2016 2:56:07 PM PST by Olog-hai

Four former Blackwater security contractors found guilty in a deadly Baghdad shooting appealed their convictions on Monday, saying a key witness against them had changed his testimony after the trial and that prosecutors lacked jurisdiction to even bring the case.

The appeals, long expected, represent the latest legal volley in a criminal case that's spanned years in Washington's federal court and that concluded with guilty verdicts following a months-long trial in 2014.

Nicholas Slatten is serving a life sentence on a charge of first-degree murder. Three other former guards - Paul Slough, Evan Liberty and Dustin Herd - were found guilty of manslaughter and firearms charges carrying mandatory 30-year sentences. ...

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: baghdad; blackwater; iraq; rop

1 posted on 02/01/2016 2:56:07 PM PST by Olog-hai
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2 posted on 02/01/2016 2:56:59 PM PST by DoughtyOne (the Free Republic Caucus: what FReepers are thinking, 100s or 1000s of them. It's up to you.)
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a key witness against them had changed his testimony after the trial and that prosecutors lacked jurisdiction to even bring the case

3 posted on 02/01/2016 2:59:34 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: Olog-hai

odumbo’s legacy: Border Patrol agents and Blackwater security contractors in jail for shooting and/or killing murderous scum.


4 posted on 02/01/2016 3:04:09 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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To: SunkenCiv

Wow, one life sentence and three 30 year sentences all based on an Iraqi traffic cop’s version of events in a war zone.


5 posted on 02/01/2016 3:18:42 PM PST by RightOnTheBorder
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To: Olog-hai

Obama’s Justice Department isn’t worthy of the name.


6 posted on 02/01/2016 3:36:22 PM PST by HarborSentry
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To: RightOnTheBorder

Let that be a lesson to anyone in a war zone who thinks about leaving witnesses.


7 posted on 02/01/2016 3:45:57 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: RightOnTheBorder

Its exactly what the left wants, a military incapable of winning.


8 posted on 02/01/2016 4:58:35 PM PST by Jacquerie (To shun Article V is to embrace tyranny.)
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To: HarborSentry

They are thinking of changing it to Dept. of Social Justice.


9 posted on 02/01/2016 5:58:07 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (Racism will disappear when AfroAmericans, HispanicAmericans, AsianAmericans, etc. become Americans)
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To: SunkenCiv

The entire court that pulled this shit...

In fact, every G*D DAMNED civilian court that played civilian law games in a war zone, so far outside their fracking jurisdiction they couldn’t even lay eyes on the scene and survive, should be...

Death to the Rule of Law.

That’s what these *** stains are accomplishing. Nothing more. Nothing less.


10 posted on 02/01/2016 9:59:29 PM PST by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: RetiredTexasVet

That’s the one thing they’re ahead of schedule on.

2017 can’t come soon enough.


11 posted on 02/01/2016 10:28:48 PM PST by HarborSentry
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To: Grimmy

Well put.


12 posted on 02/01/2016 10:59:02 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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