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May 8, 2019

Trump Pardons Soldier Who Murdered Naked Unarmed Iraqi Prisoner
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President Trump has pardoned a former U.S. soldier who was found guilty
of "unpremeditated murder. " In 2008 First Lt. Michael Behenna drove an
unarmed Iraqi prisoner into the desert for an interrogation. He then
stripped the prisoner naked, interrogated him at gunpoint and then shot
him in the head and chest. Behenna was initially sentenced to 25 years
in 2009. He was released on parole in 2014. Hina Shamsi of the American
Civil Liberties Union criticized Trump's move. She said, "This pardon is
a presidential endorsement of a murder that violated the military's own
code of justice."


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