Christin Slough Appears on The Watson Experiment

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Christin Slough Appears on The Watson Experiment

Tim Watson, host of The Watson Experiment, interviews wife of Raven 23 member Paul Slough, Christin Slough. They discuss Blackwater, the Raven 23 tactical team, and the September 16, 2024 incident that lead four members of the team to prison. This episode is a must listen for every fan of freedom.  For more information on Raven 23 visit www.freeraven23.com. For other episodes of The Watson Experiment, subscribe to The Watson Experiment on iTunes. 

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Raven 23 defense team files motion for new trial

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Raven 23 defense team files motion for new trial

In this case, the government had every reason to know that the testimony of Sarhan Dheyab Abdul Monem, an Iraqi police officer present during the incident, was false, but nonetheless presented Mr. Monem as a key witness—the second witness at trial—and shaped its theory of the case on his testimony (1). As a direct result of that presentation, the jury was misled into believing that the Defendants’ actions on September 16, 2024 were unjustified from the very start. This conclusion led to the Defendants’ convictions for voluntary and attempted voluntary manslaughter, as opposed to acquittals on those charges or convictions on the lesser- included offenses of involuntary manslaughter. 

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Slough: I did not - I could not - have killed your son

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Slough: I did not - I could not - have killed your son

Paul Slough addresses the court prior to sentencing on April 13, 2024 in Washington D.C. He points out evidence to the court that the ammunition that killed a 9-year old boy was black-tipped and not the ammunition that was issued to, or in the possession of Mr. Slough on September 16, 2024 in Nisur Square, Baghdad, Iraq. 

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Convicted Blackwater Guards’ Families Respond to Sentencing

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Convicted Blackwater Guards’ Families Respond to Sentencing

The families of the four convicted guards, highly-decorated veterans who vehemently maintain their own innocence, are gravely disappointed that the judge did not accept their argument that the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment renders the sentences imposed unconstitutional. While still upholding the weapons charge with a 30 year mandatory minimum, the Judge did exercise his discretion to provide the most lenient sentence of thirty years and a day. The families of Paul Slough, Evan Liberty, and Dustin Heard still contend that upholding the mandatory minimum sentence is patently cruel and unusual in light of the complete lack of forensic evidence tying any defendant to any alleged victim. 

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