Chris Czaplak from the case just before the trial was set to begin, ruling the prosecution sent emails to the defense and a Navy Times reporter that were embedded with code that would track the recipients’ email activity. Gallagher, 40, could have faced up to life in prison if convicted of murdering the teen in May 2017, as well as shooting a male and female civilian whose bodies were never recovered and, just over a month later, opening fire on a crowd of civilians from a sniper’s nest in Mosul, Iraq. The charge on which he was convicted also carries a maximum sentence of four months behind bars, which he has already served. While the verdict means Gallagher will walk away a free man, the charge affected Gallagher’s rank, salary and pension with his demotion to E-6 - or Petty Officer First Class. Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, who was accused of fatally stabbing a wounded teenage ISIS fighter and shooting Iraqi civilians, was acquitted Tuesday of six of the seven charges he had faced.Īfter eight hours of deliberation at Naval Base in San Diego, a jury of five Marines and two Navy men found the highly decorated veteran not guilty of murder, attempted murder, willful discharge of a firearm and obstruction of justice and convicted him solely of posing with the teen’s body in a photograph. Images via Ī Navy SEAL acquitted in San Diego of murder and other charges stemming from various alleged war crimes was demoted in rank Wednesday in connection with his conviction for posing for a photograph with the corpse of an ISIS fighter.
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