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The guards are scheduled to be sentenced Monday in federal court in Washington after being found guilty in the shooting deaths of Iraqi civilians in 2007. Federal prosecutors are seeking mandatory decades-long sentences for three of the four — Evan Liberty, Dustin Heard and Paul Slough — and a life sentence for guard Nicholas Slatten, who was convicted of first-degree murder.
With the sentencing hearing just days away, defense lawyers argued that a new witness statement provided by prosecutors this week contradicts the government's case about how the shooting started and calls into doubt the trial's results.
Ex-Blackwater guards seek sentencing delay cite new info - U.S. - Stripes
So, they are going to take the witness statement and slap 'em with it. Now, there is an even longer delay.
With the sentencing hearing just days away, defense lawyers argued that a new witness statement provided by prosecutors this week contradicts the government's case about how the shooting started and calls into doubt the trial's results.
Ex-Blackwater guards seek sentencing delay cite new info - U.S. - Stripes
So, they are going to take the witness statement and slap 'em with it. Now, there is an even longer delay.