HONOLULU (AP) - The Army says it will court-martial a Hawaii-based soldier for premeditated murder in the killing of an unarmed Iraqi last summer.
Sgt. 1st Class Trey Corrales is accused of shooting an Iraqi insurgent when his platoon raided a house near Kirkuk in search of men they believed were planting roadside bombs.
Premeditated murder carries a maximum penalty of death and a minimum of life in prison with the possibility of parole.
Corrales will also be tried for ordering a soldier in his platoon, Spc. Christopher Shore of Winder, Ga., to shoot the Iraqi after Corrales shot him.
The San Antonio native is also accused of wrongfully impeding an investigation by planting an AK-47 rifle next to the victim after he had been shot.
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