Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, seen during his 2017 deployment, may face a military trial on murder and other charges. Naval Base San Diego, told reporters on Monday. Decorated Navy SEAL Is Accused of War Crimes in Iraq. Lawyers for the defence and prosecution will be selecting between 5 and 15 jurors from a pool, half of whom are officers and the other half enlisted men, Brian O’Rourke, Navy spokesman for U.S. Navy SEAL platoon commander acquitted of murdering a captured Islamic State fighter but convicted of unlawfully posing for photos with his dead body was sentenced. He maintains that fellow SEAL team members in his platoon, who turned him in and are testifying against him under grants of immunity, are disgruntled subordinates who fabricated allegations to force him from command. Gallagher, 39, is charged with murdering a wounded, helpless Islamic State fighter in his custody by stabbing him in the neck, and with attempted murder in the wounding of two civilians - a schoolgirl and an elderly man - shot from a sniper’s perch in Iraq. Crenshaw: Navy SEAL Should Face War-Crimes Trial Before Trump Considers Pardon Representative Dan Crenshaw (R., Texas) on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Novem(Carlos Barria/Reuters. He has denied all the charges but could face life in prison if convicted in the trial arising from his 2017 deployment to Mosul, Iraq.

Naval Base in San Diego wearing a Navy white uniform adorned with medals. US Navy SEAL war crimes trial pits decorated veterans against each other Posted Sun at 2:30pm, updated Sun at 2:33pm Edward Gallagher, 40, has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, a career combat veteran, walked into a military courtroom at the U.S.

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