verdict reached in navy seal war crimes trial

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Navy prosecutors estimate the ISIS fighter was about 15 years old. Gallagher was also accused of posing with the teen's body in a photograph while he and other SEALs held a re-enlistment ceremony while standing over the corpse. Gallagher, 40, was accused of murdering the teen in May 2017, as well as shooting a male and female civilian and shooting at an unknown number of other civilians later that year in Mosul, Iraq. He has already been held for nine months.Ī defense attorney called the allegations against Gallagher fabrications from a 'sewing circle' of 'young, entitled sailors' looking to ruin the reputation of their former commanding officer. That guilty charge carries a possible sentence up to four months. Jurors did find him guilty of wrongfully posing for a photo with the teen's body. Jurors found Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher not guilty on six out of seven charges, including not guilty verdicts for premeditated murder, two charges of attempted premeditated murder, obstruction of justice, retaliation, and willful discharge of a weapon.

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Jurors reached a verdict Tuesday in the trial of a Navy SEAL accused of fatally stabbing a wounded teenage ISIS fighter in the neck, shooting at numerous Iraqi civilians and threatening fellow SEALs to keep them from reporting him.

Verdict reached in navy seal war crimes trial