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January 30, 2014

Marine Faces Re-Trial for 2006 Haditha Killing 
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A U.S. Marine whose conviction was overturned for the 2006 killing of an
Iraqi civilian is facing a new trial. Sgt. Lawrence Hutchins had been
the only one of seven U.S. servicemembers involved to receive a murder
conviction. He served six years in prison before being freed after an
appeals court ruled prosecutors used inadmissible evidence. The victim,
Hashim Ibrahim Awad, was dragged from his home in the town of Haditha,
shot, and then planted with a weapon to make it appear he was planning
an attack. The Marine Corps says Hutchins will now be re-tried on the
same charges.

 

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