A senior enlisted Army soldier was convicted on Wednesday of killing four handcuffed and blindfolded Iraqi men with pistol shots to the backs of their heads shortly after arresting them in Baghdad two years ago, The Associated Press reported.[...]
Sergeant Hatley, 40, who was a first sergeant at the time — the senior noncommissioned officer in his company — is the highest-ranking American service member to be convicted of murder in the war. He faces a minimum sentence of life in prison.
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In February, another military jury convicted the unit’s medic, Sgt. Michael Leahy Jr., 28, of premeditated murder and sentenced him to life in prison. On March 30, Sgt. First Class Joseph P. Mayo, 27, pleaded guilty to murder and received a 35-year sentence.
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