Verdict and Appeals
On 21 April 2005 Akbar was found guilty of two counts of premeditated murder (of Captain Seifert, who was shot in the back, and Major Stone, struck by shrapnel) and three counts of attempted premeditated murder. He was sentenced to death on 28 April, the jury deliberating for approximately 7 hours. As of 2010 Hasan Akbar is confined in the United States Disciplinary Barracks.
On 20 November 2006 Lieutenant General John Vines, commander of the 18th Airborne Corps, affirmed the death sentence against Akbar. The case went to the Army Court of Criminal Appeals under an automatic appeal. If the appeal fails, the execution will take place by lethal injection.
Since the Vietnam War, Akbar is the first U.S. soldier to be charged with the murder of another soldier during wartime, and the third soldier since the Vietnam War to be sentenced to death for killing a fellow soldier.
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