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| Iraq |
| Army sniper convicted of killing Iraqi |
| 2008-02-10 |
| A military jury on Sunday convicted an Army sniper of murder and sentenced him to 10 years in prison for killing an Iraqi civilian who wandered into the hiding place where six soldiers were sleeping. Sgt. Evan Vela, 24, was found guilty of murder without premeditation, of aiding and abetting in planting an AK-47 on the dead man's body and of lying to military investigators about the shooting. He had faced a possible life sentence. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #5 murder w/o premeditation during active duty in a war zone: time already served. aiding and abetting a coverup: 10 years, deserved, time off for good behaviour. |
| Posted by: KBK 2008-02-10 23:49 |
| #4 The murder charge is a little much. Any reasonable person who had the ability would have shot someone walking into his friends sleeping quarters in a war zone, who he was doing watch to protect. By the time you get a clear identity your friends would be dead, what then? He shouldn't have planted the weapon and came clean, it gave the prosecuters to much I hope he appeals. |
| Posted by: Kojo Omeans9930 2008-02-10 23:10 |
| #3 Speeding tickets at the Indy 500 and all that. Not funny at all, though... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2008-02-10 23:07 |
| #2 i agree frank, you ask them too do a jpb and when it possibly saved his and his buddies lives they crucify the man |
| Posted by: sinse 2008-02-10 22:35 |
| #1 appeal. From all accounts I've read, this is a PC-driven lynching. W should pardon him on the way out the door, regardless |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-02-10 20:03 |