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Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher Found Not Guilty of Killing ISIS Fighter

posted onJuly 3, 2019
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Article snippet: He was only found guilty on one count related to taking a photo of the ISIS fighter’s corpse, which carries a maximum sentence of four months. As Gallagher has already served nine months in pre-trial confinement, he will not serve any time in jail at all, his lawyer Tim Parlatore said. “Suffice it to say — huge victory. Huge weight off the Gallagher, huge victory for justice,” said Marc Mukasey, one of Gallagher’s lawyers. “He is going home,” said Tim Parlatore, another one of Gallagher’s lawyers. There were five enlisted Marines and two sailors on the jury, including one Navy SEAL. The not-guilty verdict for murder was first announced on Twitter by former New York Police Department Commissioner Bernie Kerik, who served on Gallagher’s defense team as an adviser: Gallagher was accused by a small group of junior SEALs he led during a deployment to Mosul, Iraq, in 2017 of stabbing a wounded 17-year-old ISIS fighter and shooting at innocent civilians. The verdict marks a victory for those who championed Gallagher’s innocence, including President Trump, who in March had called for Gallagher to be moved to less restrictive pre-trial confinement so that he could better fight for his freedom: After a report by the New York Times in May said that Trump was considering pardoning Gallagher, the president’s critics began attacking Gallagher, calling him a “war criminal.” Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tweeted in response to the report, “This is grotesque.” The mur... Link to the full article to read more

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