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SAN DIEGO - A U.S. Navy SEAL platoon leader accused of war crimes in Iraq was acquitted by a military jury on Tuesday of murder and all other charges except for unlawfully posing with the corpse of a captive Islamic State fighter.
Navy authorities said Gallagher had credit for nearly seven months of time already served in pretrial custody, so he would presumably remain a free man. But he could face other punishment, such as a demotion in rank and reduced pay. The jury also heard from two doctors who specialize in brain injuries. They said Gallagher suffered 11 documented concussions during his combat career, putting him at higher risk of brain degeneration and visual impairments that will require ongoing medical attention.U.S.
Gallagher also was charged with attempted murder in the wounding of two unarmed civilians - a schoolgirl and an elderly man — shot from a sniper’s perch, as well as with firing deliberately on other non-combatants and with obstruction of justice. Trump intervened in Gallagher’s case months ago, ordering he be moved from pretrial detention in a military brig to confinement at a Navy base. The presiding judge later released Gallagher from custody altogether, in a rebuke to prosecutors for pretrial conduct the judge said had infringed on the Navy SEAL’s right to fair proceedings.The chief petty officer was arrested in 2018, more than a year after returning from his eighth overseas deployment in Mosul, in northern Iraq.
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