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Nicholas Abram Slatten

Nicholas Slatten in an Associated Press file photograph.
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PersonPrison & pardons5 relationships
Relationship to Trumprecipient of Trump's December 22, 2020 presidential clemencylegal · political / 2 sources

Status

  1. Full presidential pardon granted December 22, 2020legal / 2020-12-222 sources · Lead source

Exact relationships

  1. Donald J. Trump

    Relationship to Trumprecipient of Trump's December 22, 2020 presidential clemency

    legalpoliticalOpen evidence · 2 sourcesdocumented
  2. Donald J. Trump

    Trump-pardoned Blackwater contractor assessed by U.N. experts

    legalpoliticalOpen evidence · 2 sourcesreported
  3. Donald J. Trump

    Trump-pardoned Blackwater contractor in appellate disposition

    legalpoliticalOpen evidence · 2 sourcesdocumented
  4. Donald J. Trump

    Trump-pardoned Blackwater contractor sentenced after retrial

    legalpoliticalOpen evidence · 2 sourcesconvicted
  5. Donald J. Trump

    Trump-pardoned Blackwater contractor with Nisur Square conviction

    legalpoliticalOpen evidence · 3 sourcesconvicted

Record timeline

  1. Jury convicted four Blackwater contractors for the Nisur Square shootingConvicted October 22, 2014; pardoned December 22, 2020Trump-pardoned Blackwater contractor with Nisur Square conviction · convicted · 3 sources
  2. Appeals court vacated Slatten's first conviction and ordered resentencing for Slough, Liberty, and HeardSlatten was retried; the other three were resentencedTrump-pardoned Blackwater contractor in appellate disposition · documented · 2 sources
  3. After retrial, Slatten received life without parole for first-degree murderLife sentence later ended through full presidential pardonTrump-pardoned Blackwater contractor sentenced after retrial · convicted · 2 sources
  4. Trump granted full pardons to four Blackwater contractors convicted in the Nisur Square caseFull presidential pardons granted December 22, 2020recipient of Trump's December 22, 2020 presidential clemency · documented · 2 sources
  5. U.N. working group called Trump's Blackwater pardons an affront to justiceU.N. Working Group submitted its assessment on July 2, 2021Trump-pardoned Blackwater contractor assessed by U.N. experts · reported · 2 sources