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US Contractor Sentenced in Iraq Shooting Seeks New Trial

By Associated PressIn AP News, News, U.S., WorldPosted August 28, 2019

Photo of former Blackwater Worldwide guard Nicholas Slatten

WASHINGTON — A former State Department contractor sentenced to life in prison for his role in the 2007 shooting deaths of Iraqi civilians is asking for a new trial because of what he says is newly discovered evidence. Lawyers for former Blackwater employee Nicholas Slatten said they received a State...