US soldier guilty of murder in deaths of 4 Iraqis

[TWiley]

VILSECK, Germany – A U.S. Army medic was convicted of murder Friday for his involvement in the execution-style slayings of four bound and blindfolded Iraqi detainees shot in the back of the head in the spring of 2007.

Sgt. Michael Leahy Jr. was found guilty on charges of murder and conspiracy to commit murder by the nine-person jury who had heard testimony about the killings at the court-martial at the Army's Rose Barracks Courthouse since Wednesday.

A sentencing hearing was scheduled later Friday, and Leahy could receive a life sentence and a dishonorable discharge, pending the judge's decision.

Leahy, 28, was acquitted of murder in a separate incident involving the death of another Iraqi in January 2007. Wearing his dress uniform, he sat impassively as the verdicts were handed down by the foreman of the jury made up of officers and enlisted personnel.

Leahy pleaded not guilty to charges of premeditated murder, conspiracy to commit premeditated murder and obstruction of justice in the deaths of a total of four Iraqi prisoners who were dumped in a Baghdad canal in 2007 after they were killed.

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Thank God they convicted this fuckstick.

[wtmusic]

1. Thank God they convicted him. Now he will walk

like all the others. :grr:

[TWiley]

3. It would be good to execute him ....

I am generally not in favor of the death penality, but in this case, smoke the bastard.

[madokie]

2. Murder is murder

[TWiley]

4. Yes it is, and it is no small victory to win in the most biased legal system in the world.

There is absolutely nothing just about the military's system of justice. Gitmo was not enough for these bastards; they still want more. Frankly, I am stunned that they actually got a conviction. I was expecting some general to give him a medal.