TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A military commander has reduced the sentence of a soldier convicted of murder for killing a severely wounded Iraqi teenager, and he is scheduled to be released from prison next month.
For what some call a mercy killing, Staff Sgt. Johnny Horne Jr., 31, received a three-year sentence after pleading guilty to unpremeditated murder at his December court-martial.
Maj. Gen. Peter Chiarelli, commander of the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas, reduced that sentence to one year. The release date for Horne, who is based at Fort Riley, is now Sept. 14.
The general didn't indicate why he reduced the prison term, said Master Sgt. David Larsen, a spokesman for the division.
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