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Several Efforts To Persecute Blackwater Whiffing Out
Efforts to prosecute the controversial security firm, founded by Holland native Erik Prince, have been falling apart.Most recently, the Justice Department said it would not seek murder charges against a Blackwater employee accused of killing an Iraqi bodyguard in 2006. In September, a mistrial was declared in the trial of two former Blackwater employees accused of killing Afghani civilians, after a Virginia jury failed to reach a verdict. Last year charges were dismissed in the murder trial of five Blackwater guards who where accused of killing Iraqi civilians in a notorious 2007 shooting in Baghdad. Federal prosecutors have failed to overcome a series of legal hurdles, including the difficulties of obtaining evidence in war zones, of gaining proper jurisdiction for prosecutions in American civilian courts, and of overcoming immunity deals given to defendants by American officials on the scene. Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-10-23 |
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