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Former Blackwater Employee Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for Murder in 2007 Shooting at Nisur Square in Iraq

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U.S. Department of Justice, District of Columbia
Published
2019-08-14
Accessed
2026-09-03
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    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.

    Retrial chronology and August 14, 2019 sentence

    After retrial, Slatten received life without parole for first-degree murder · Life sentence later ended through full presidential pardon · reviewed 2026-09-03