They were convicted in 2014 after a months-long trial in Washington’s federal court, and each man defiantly asserted his innocence at a sentencing hearing the following year.

Donald Trump pardons 4 Blackwater guards convicted of 2007 Iraq massacre

Up to 1,700 military recruits were kidnapped and executed by the Islamic State on Camp Speicher in Tikrit

Iraq hangs 36 convicted of 2014 Speicher massacre

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Donald Trump pardons 4 Blackwater guards convicted of 2007 Iraq massacre

Iraq hangs 36 convicted of 2014 Speicher massacre