Slough, Liberty, and Heard received new prison terms after appeal
Reporting and findings
- convicted
Before Trump pardoned them, Paul Slough was resentenced to 180 months, Evan Liberty to 168 months, and Dustin Heard to 151 months in prison on September 5, 2019 for their Nisur Square convictions; the sentencing judge expressly rejected any question about their factual guilt.
Summary and current status
The individual terms replace the vacated 30-year mandatory terms and precede Trump's pardons.
Sentences later ended through full presidential pardons
People and organizations
- Donald J. TrumpDonald Trump root
- Dustin Laurent HeardTrump-pardoned defendant resentenced to 151 months
- Evan Shawn LibertyTrump-pardoned defendant resentenced to 168 months
- Paul Alvin SloughTrump-pardoned defendant resentenced to 180 months
Relationships in this file
- Donald J. TrumpTrump-pardoned Blackwater contractor resentencedDustin Laurent Heard
- Donald J. TrumpTrump-pardoned Blackwater contractor resentencedEvan Shawn Liberty
- Donald J. TrumpTrump-pardoned Blackwater contractor resentencedPaul Alvin Slough
Figures
Dustin Heard prison term151 months Calculation details
- Basis
- Observed
- Population
- September 5, 2019 resentencing term
- Period
- 2019-09-05 to 2019-09-05
- As of
- 2019-09-05
- Method
- Prison term stated in DOJ's resentencing announcement.
- Uncertainty
- Historical sentence later affected by Trump's full pardon; not current time remaining.
Evan Liberty prison term168 months Calculation details
- Basis
- Observed
- Population
- September 5, 2019 resentencing term
- Period
- 2019-09-05 to 2019-09-05
- As of
- 2019-09-05
- Method
- Prison term stated in DOJ's resentencing announcement.
- Uncertainty
- Historical sentence later affected by Trump's full pardon; not current time remaining.
Paul Slough prison term180 months Calculation details
- Basis
- Observed
- Population
- September 5, 2019 resentencing term
- Period
- 2019-09-05 to 2019-09-05
- As of
- 2019-09-05
- Method
- Prison term stated in DOJ's resentencing announcement.
- Uncertainty
- Historical sentence later affected by Trump's full pardon; not current time remaining.