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G.I. Gets 10-Year Sentence in Killing of Unarmed Iraqi
"CAMP LIBERTY, Iraq — A military panel on Sunday sentenced an Army Ranger to 10 years in prison for killing an unarmed Iraqi detainee and planting a machine gun near his body to mislead investigators.
The ranger, Sgt. Evan Vela, has already served 225 days in American military detention in Kuwait and will receive a dishonorable discharge. He will be transferred to an American military prison in the United States. The government had sought a prison term of at least 15 years, and Sergeant Vela could have received a life sentence. His lawyer said the family would appeal."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/11/world/middleeast/11sniper.html?_r=1&ref=us&oref=slogin
"CAMP LIBERTY, Iraq — A military panel on Sunday sentenced an Army Ranger to 10 years in prison for killing an unarmed Iraqi detainee and planting a machine gun near his body to mislead investigators.
The ranger, Sgt. Evan Vela, has already served 225 days in American military detention in Kuwait and will receive a dishonorable discharge. He will be transferred to an American military prison in the United States. The government had sought a prison term of at least 15 years, and Sergeant Vela could have received a life sentence. His lawyer said the family would appeal."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/11/world/middleeast/11sniper.html?_r=1&ref=us&oref=slogin