Camp Pendleton, Calif.
A Marine Corps squad leader was convicted Thursday of unpremeditated murder in the killing of an Iraqi man during a frustrated search for an insurgent.Sgt. Lawrence G. Hutchins III, 23, of Plymouth, Mass., had been charged with premeditated murder but premeditation was stricken from the verdict that was returned by a military jury.
Hutchins was also convicted of conspiracy to commit murder, making a false official statement and larceny. He was acquitted of kidnapping, assault and housebreaking.
There is no mandatory minimum sentence for unpremeditated murder. The maximum is life in prison without parole.
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