Dozens of generals voiced their support for the former ranger, who was convicted of killing an Iraqi detainee but claimed self-defence
President Donald Trump has pardoned Michael Behenna, a former Army lieutenant who served five years in prison for the murder of an Iraqi prisoner in 2008.
The former soldier, now 35, fought to overturn his conviction on the grounds that the prosecution had hid evidence that would have benefited his case. The judge denied the effort, but Behenna’s sentence was ultimately reduced to 15 years, and he was released on parole in 2014. Before Trump’s pardon, Behenna faced another five years of parole.
Since his conviction, Behenna, an Oklahoma native, has won the support of former Gov. Mary Fallin, a Republican; state Attorney General Mike Hunter, a Republican;, and more than 30 retired generals and admirals – among them Trump’s former special envoy for the Persian Gulf, retired Gen. Anthony Zinni.
In a 2018 letter to Trump, when Hunter first asked the president to pardon Behenna, Hunter conceded that some of Behenna’s actions were “undoubtedly wrong and condemnable.”
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