US Court of Appeals throws out Blackwater murder conviction By Matthew MacEgan 5 August 2017 On Friday, a US appeals court threw out the first-degree murder conviction of Nicholas A. Slatten, one of the four former Blackwater security guards who massacred 14 unarmed Iraqis in September 2007 while working for the US State Department. … Continue reading US Court of Appeals throws out Blackwater murder conviction