Date: 10-23-2014

Case Style: United States of America v. Nicholas Slatten, Paul Slough, Evan Liberty and Distin Heard

Case Number: 1:08-cr-00360-RCL

Judge: RCL

Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia

Plaintiff's Attorney: John Crabb, Jr., Michael John Dittoe, Paul Edward Ahern, Anthony Asuncion, Barry Jones, Joseph Nicholas Kaster, Christopher Robert Kavanaugh, Kenneth C. Kohl, T. Partick Martin, David Joseph Mudd, Stephen Ponticiello

Defendant's Attorney: Tom Connolly,
Steven A. Fredley,
Brian Heberlig,
Anne Katherine Langer,
Jared P. Marx
for Nicholas Abram Slatten

Michael Jeremy Baratz,
Scott P. Armstrong,
Bruce Charles Bishop,
Linda C. Bailey,
Thomas C. Hill,
Mark Joseph Hulkower,
David Schertler
for Paul Alvin Slough

Janet Foster,
Veronica Renzi Jennings,
Steven J. McCool,
Danny C. Onorato,
Lisa Hertzer Schertler
for Dustin Laurent Heard


Bill Coffield,
Amanda Montee,
Robert Joseph Muise,
Brian John Rooney
Brandon M. Bolling,
for Evan Shawn Liberty

Description: Washington, D.C. - The United States of America charged former Blackwater USA private security guards Nicholas Slatten, Paul Slough, Evan Liberty and Distin Heard with the shooting deaths of 14 Iraqis in a Baghdad traffic circle in 2007. The Defendants were charged with 22 felonies including murder, manslaughter, attempting to commit voluntary manslaughter and weapons charges.

Outcome: Nicholas Slatten was convicted with murder. Paul Slough, Evan Liberty and Dustin Heard were convicted on charges of voluntary manslaughter, attempting to commit voluntary manslaughter and weapons charges.

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