A
U.S. soldier who admitted to killing an Iraqi citizen following an
interrogation in 2007 has been convicted of murder by a panel at a court
martial in Vilseck, Germany.
Defense
lawyers argued that Sgt. Michael Leahy Jr. had been under so much stress while
stationed in a combat zone that he was unable to act reasonably but the panel
dismissed that argument, citing the brutal nature of the crime.
Leahy,
28, confessed that he was one of a group of soldiers that escorted four Iraqis
who had been detained, questioned and then released following an attack at a
military base. The Iraqis were released after it was determined there was not
enough evidence to charge them but Leahy admitted they led the four out and
then shot and killed them, leaving their bodies in a canal.
During
interrogation Leahy told investigators he shot one of the four in the back of the
head. His defense team told the panel “The tragedy resulted not so much by
design but rather the working of fear, danger and madness attendant on many
combat operations” but that was dismissed by the nine-member panel who decided
Leahy’s fate.
Sentencing
will be handed down at a later date but Leahy is facing life in jail and a
dishonorable discharge. Several other soldiers are facing charges in the four
murders.
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