- Murder of Mohebullah
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The murder of Mohebullah refers to the 2010 shooting of prisoner Mohebullah in Afghanistan, by a US soldier that later pleaded guilty and was convicted by a US military judge.
On October 17,2010 in "in a jail cell at a U.S. outpost in Afghanistan"[1] prisoner Muhebullah was shot to death after soldier David Lawrence had unlocked the door and entered the prison cell of Mohebullah. The prisoner was "described by Army officials as a suspected Taliban commander"[1] according to the website of FoxNews.
Trial and conviction
In a US military court, soldier Lawrence was sentenced (on May 25,2011) to 12 and a half[2] years for the premeditated murder of Mohebullah .
References
- ^ a b "US Soldier Gets 12 ½ Years In Detainee Death". Fox News. 2010-04-07. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/05/25/soldier-expected-plead-guilty-detainee-death/. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
- ^ "Amerikansk soldat tilstår drap på Taliban-fange - VG Nett om Afghanistan" (in Norwegian). Vg.no. 2011-05-26. http://www.vg.no/nyheter/utenriks/artikkel.php?artid=10086199. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
External links
- "U.S. soldier to plead guilty in killing of Taliban prisoner". Los Angeles Times. May 21, 2011. http://articles.latimes.com/2011/may/21/nation/la-na-soldier-plea-20110522. Retrieved September 30, 2011.
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