Court Martial Lawyer – US Army drops charges against soldier in killings
FRANKFURT (AP) — The U.S. Army dropped charges of conspiracy to commit premeditated murder against a soldier in the deaths of four bound and blindfolded Iraqis in 2007.
In a brief statement Thursday, the Army said charges against Staff Sgt. Jess Cunningham of Bakersfield, California, had been withdrawn and dismissed.
No reason was given and the 7th U.S. Army Joint Multinational Training Command did not elaborate.
A call to Cunningham’s lawyer was not immediately returned.
Other soldiers allegedly involved in the incident are awaiting court-martial, while two have already been sentenced to prison.
The charges stemmed from an incident between March 10 and April 16, 2007, in which the four Iraqi prisoners were allegedly bound, blindfolded, shot in the head and dumped in a Baghdad canal.
All the soldiers involved were with the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade of the 1st Infantry Division in Iraq, which is now part of the Germany-based 172nd Infantry Brigade.
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