President Donald Trump has pardoned Michael Behenna, a former Army Ranger in the 101st Airborne Division convicted of murdering an Iraqi prisoner in 2009. Behenna, 35, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for 'unpremeditated murder in a combat zone' after killing suspected al-Qaeda terrorist
President Donald Trump has pardoned Michael Behenna, a former Army Ranger in the 101st Airborne Division convicted of murdering an Iraqi prisoner in 2009.
Behenna, 35, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for"unpremeditated murder in a combat zone" after killing suspected al-Qaeda terrorist Ali Mansur. Behenna was paroled in 2014. While Behenna said he killed Mansur in self-defense, during the trial he admitted that he disobeyed orders to return Mansour to his village after he was released from military intelligence and questioned about his connection to an explosion that killed two U.S. soldiers.White House press secretary Sarah Sanders wrote in a statement that upon his release from jail in 2014,"Dozens of Patriot Guard motorcycle riders met Mr. Behenna to escort him back to his home in Oklahoma.
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