A Navy SEAL platoon commander acquitted of murdering a captured ISIS terrorist but convicted of unlawfully posing for photos with his dead body was sentenced on July 3 to a demotion in rank and pay.
The penalty imposed by a seven-member jury of U.S. Marines and Navy personnel spared the defendant, Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, from any prison time beyond the nearly seven months he had already served in pretrial custody.
