Trump s pardon of U.S. contractors convicted of Iraqi massacre is an injustice: lawyer
When U.S. President Donald Trump pardoned four security contractors who gunned down 12 unarmed Iraqi civilians, he stripped their families of justice and undermined the U.S. court system, says lawyer Gary Mauney.
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Posted: Dec 23, 2020 4:48 PM ET | Last Updated: December 23, 2020
Blackwater guards, from left, Dustin Heard, Evan Liberty, Nicholas Slatten and Paul Slough. On Tuesday President Donald Trump pardoned 15 people, including these four former government contractors convicted in a 2007 massacre in Baghdad.(The Associated Press and Reuters)
As It Happens7:17Trump s pardon of U.S. contractors convicted of Iraqi massacre is an injustice: lawyer