After retrial, Slatten received life without parole for first-degree murder
Reporting and findings
- convicted
After Nicholas Slatten's first conviction was vacated and a 2018 retrial ended in mistrial, a second retrial produced another first-degree-murder verdict; on August 14, 2019, Slatten—whom Trump later pardoned—was sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing Ahmed Haithem Ahmed Al Rubia'y at Nisur Square.
- U.S. Department of Justice, District of Columbia: Former Blackwater Employee Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for Murder in 2007 Shooting at Nisur Square in IraqRetrial chronology and August 14, 2019 sentence
- Trump White House Archives: Statement from the Press Secretary Regarding Executive Grants of ClemencyLater Trump pardon
Summary and current status
The retrial and sentence follow the vacated 2014 conviction and precede Trump's full pardon.
Life sentence later ended through full presidential pardon
People and organizations
- Donald J. TrumpDonald Trump root
- Nicholas Abram SlattenTrump-pardoned defendant sentenced after retrial
Relationships in this file
- Donald J. TrumpTrump-pardoned Blackwater contractor sentenced after retrialNicholas Abram Slatten