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Edward L. Richmond was an American private first class ("Pfc") serving in Iraq who was charged with the unpremeditated murder of Muhamad Husain Kadir, an Iraqi prisoner.[1][2]
Pfc Richmond was convicted of manslaughter, and was sentenced to reduction in rank, forfeiture of pay, dishonorable discharge, and three years in prison.
Richmond was a member of the Headquarters Company, of the 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, a unit of the 25th Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team.[1] On February 28 2004 Richmond's unit had an Iraqi village, near Taal Al Jai, under observation. Sergeant Jeffrey Waruch described observing Kadir, a cowherd, with Pfc Richmond. He testified that Richmond requested permission to shoot Kadir, even though Kadir appeared unarmed.
Their unit was then ordered to detain all the males in an Iraqi village.[1] Waruch bound Kadir's hands with a zip-tie handcuffs. When Waruch lead Kadir away, Kadir stumbled, and Richmond then shot him in the back of the head. Richmond claimed that he didn't know Kadir was bound, and he thought Kadir was lunging to attack Waruch. But two other witnesses testified that they too had heard Richmond talking about how we wanted to kill Kadir prior to the shooting.
On October 3, 2005, Richmond's lawyer, Charles Gittins, filed an appeal based on the theory that Waruch himself was under investigation for the shooting of three Iraqi civilians, a mother and her two daughters, resulting in the death of one of the girls.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Report: Jail term for US soldier, Al Jazeera, SATURDAY, August 7, 2004. Retrieved on 2008-05-21.
- ↑ Michael St. Jacques. The Military Criminal Revealed, OpEd News, February 28, 2004. Retrieved on 2008-05-21.