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2nd ex-Blackwater contractor sentenced
Cannon to serve 2 1/2 years
Updated: Monday, 27 Jun 2011, 6:55 PM EDT
Published : Monday, 27 Jun 2011, 1:16 PM EDT
NORFOLK, Va. (AP/WAVY) - A former Blackwater contractor has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for the May 2009 shooting death of an unarmed Afghan civilian in Kabul.
Justin H. Cannon was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in March. He and Christopher Drotleff shot at the rear of a vehicle on a dark road as it passed them near an accident, killing its passenger and a man who was walking his dog. They said they feared for their safety.
District Judge Robert Doumar said they had been drinking and acted recklessly. In a Norfolk, Va. courtroom Monday, Judge Doumar said in reference to the civilians killed, "They weren't aggressors, they were victims."
Drotleff was sentenced last week to three years and one month in prison. He remains free while his attorneys appeal.
Cannon was sentenced in federal court in Norfolk on Monday for the passenger's death. He was acquitted of all other charges.
Cannon's attorneys said they will file an appeal. He will remain free on bond in Louisiana until then.
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