Soldier guilty of Iraq deaths in Ga. court martial
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An Army sergeant has been found guilty of two counts of premeditated murder in the 2008 slayings of his squad leader and another U.S. soldier at a patrol base in Iraq.
Sgt. Joseph Bozicevich (BOZ-eh-vich) of Minneapolis will face a sentence of life in prison after the 12-member jury at Fort Stewart returned a non-unanimous guilty verdict Wednesday. The death penalty is only an option when a guilty verdict is unanimous in a military court martial.
During the trial, 41-year-old Bozicevich admitted he shot Staff Sgt. Darris Dawson of Pensacola, Fla., and Sgt. Wesley Durbin of Dallas after they tried to critique his performance.
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Prosecutors said Bozicevich killed the men because they bruised his ego by deciding to strip him of his leadership role as a team leader.