Murder of Mohebullah

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

  1. ^ 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. 
  2. ^ "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. 

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