Marine to Serve 8 Years for Killing Iraqi Civilian
Hashim Ibrahim Awad was an Iraqi civilian, a retired policeman, who was brutally killed in Hamdaniya, an area west of Baghdad. 7 marines and a navy medic were charged in the death.
Today, Marine Lance Cpl. Robert Pennington,one of the charged Marines pleaded guilty to "conspiracy to commit premeditated murder and kidnapping, and to a kidnapping charge. Other charges he faced were dismissed at sentencing."
He was sentenced to 14 years with an agreement he will serve 8 in prison.
The navy medic flipped and agreed to testify against the Marines. He said:
Pennington is 22. He apologized in court and has agreed to testify against his remaining codefendants.Awad's hands and feet were bound and he was dragged from his home and shot numerous times. Then, he said, one Marine put the dead man's fingerprints on a rifle and shovel to make it look like he had been caught trying to plant a roadside bomb.
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