Appeals court vacated Slatten's first conviction and ordered resentencing for Slough, Liberty, and Heard
Reporting and findings
- documented
In the case of the four Blackwater contractors Trump later pardoned, the D.C. Circuit vacated Nicholas Slatten's first-degree-murder conviction and remanded him for a new trial, affirmed Paul Slough's, Dustin Heard's, and all but one of Evan Liberty's convictions, and remanded those three for resentencing after finding their mandatory 30-year firearms terms unconstitutional as applied.
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit: United States v. Slatten, consolidated opinionOpinion summary, pp. 3–4
- Trump White House Archives: Statement from the Press Secretary Regarding Executive Grants of ClemencyLater Trump pardon relationship
Summary and current status
The mixed appellate ruling avoids presenting the original 2015 sentences as final.
Slatten was retried; the other three were resentenced
People and organizations
- Dustin Laurent HeardBlackwater contractor in Nisur Square case
- Evan Shawn LibertyBlackwater contractor in Nisur Square case
- Nicholas Abram SlattenBlackwater contractor in Nisur Square case
- Paul Alvin SloughBlackwater contractor in Nisur Square case
- Donald J. TrumpDonald Trump root
Relationships in this file
- Donald J. TrumpTrump-pardoned Blackwater contractor in appellate dispositionDustin Laurent Heard
- Donald J. TrumpTrump-pardoned Blackwater contractor in appellate dispositionEvan Shawn Liberty
- Donald J. TrumpTrump-pardoned Blackwater contractor in appellate dispositionNicholas Abram Slatten
- Donald J. TrumpTrump-pardoned Blackwater contractor in appellate dispositionPaul Alvin Slough