verdict reached in navy seal war crimes trial

The ISIS prisoner died in Syria in May 2017. 'Prosecutors were visibly upset by the turn of events.'

'Gallagher was jubilant following Scott's testimony, celebrating with his family outside the courtroom,' as NPR reported. Law Shocking Revelation In Navy SEAL War Crimes Trial: Witness Says He Is The Real Killer In court, Scott said that he blocked a tube that was helping the wounded prisoner breathe and that he killed the youth as an act of mercy. Scott had been granted immunity from criminal charges as a lead prosecution witness in the case against Gallagher, who was accused of stabbing the ISIS prisoner in the neck with a knife. The jury began deliberating on Monday, nearly two weeks after another SEAL, Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Corey Scott, shocked the courtroom by claiming that he, not Gallagher, killed the captive.

The jury convicted Gallagher of posing with the body of the dead prisoner. A military jury acquitted him of all but one count of war crimes - posing with the body of a dead 17-year-old ISIS prisoner.Ī military jury in San Diego has acquitted Navy SEAL Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher of all but one count of war crimes in a case that revolved around the killing of a 17-year-old ISIS prisoner who had been wounded and died in U.S. Navy SEAL Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher walks into a military court building in San Diego along with his wife, Andrea Gallagher, on Tuesday.

Verdict reached in navy seal war crimes trial