WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is staying out of a case that involves former Blackwater security contractors convicted in the 2007 slayings of 14 Iraqi civilians at a crowded traffic circle in Baghdad.
The court said last week it won’t hear an appeal brought by the four former contractors convicted after a 2014 trial in the case.
They argued in part to the high court that a federal law they were charged under doesn’t apply to them. A District of Columbia federal appeals court disagreed in a
ruling in August.
The appeals court did order new sentences for three of the men: Paul Slough, Evan Liberty and Dustin Heard.
It also overturned the conviction of the fourth man, Nicholas Slatten, saying he should have been tried separately. Slatten’s re-trial is scheduled for June.
- Posted May 21, 2018
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High court stays away from Blackwater case
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