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: FindLaw's Common LawBlackwater Employees Indicted on Manslaughter Charges
Employees of Blackwater Worldwide, a U.S. contractor hired by the Department of State to provide personal security services in Iraq, have been indicted by a federal grand jury on manslaughter charges. They are accused of killing unarmed Iraqi civilians in Baghdad at the Nisur Square traffic circle on September 16, 2007. Read the Indictment: U.S. v. Paul Alvin Slough, et al.
- Read the Blackwater Indictment: U.S. v. Paul Alvin Slough, et al. (FindLaw)
- Blackwater Drama Unfolds on 2 Cross-Country Stages (AP/FindLaw)
- Criminal Information against Sixth Blackwater Guard Jeremy Ridgeway (who has pled guilty) (FindLaw) [PDF file]
- Facts Proferred by Ridgeway in Support of His Guilty Plea (FindLaw)
Full post as published by FindLaw's Common Law on December 08, 2008 (boomark / email).
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