A U.S. Army sniper has been given a ten-year sentence by a court martial at Camp Victory near Baghdad overnight, hours after being convicted of murdering an Iraqi citizen and then planting a weapon on the body to...
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BAGHDAD — A U.S. Army sniper convicted of killing an unarmed Iraqi civilian and planting evidence on his body was sentenced Sunday to 10 years in prison.
Sgt. Evan Vela faced a possible life sentence. Earlier Sunday, jurors found him guilty of murder...