article_snippet.sent: A federal judge has sentenced former Blackwater security guard former Blackwater guard Nicholas Slatten to life in prison for A federal judge role in a 2007 shooting that killed 14 Iraqi civilians and wounded 17 others.
article_snippet.sent: Three other guards - Paul Slough, Evan Liberty and Dustin Heard - were each sentenced to 30 years and one day in prison for charges that included manslaughter, attempted manslaughter and using firearms while committing a felony.
article_snippet.sent: Three of four former Blackwater security guards, Dustin Heard, Evan Liberty and Paul Slough, face mandatory decades-long sentences because of firearms convictions.
article_snippet.sent: A fourth, Nicholas Slatten, faces a penalty of life in prison after being found guilty of first-degree murder.
article_snippet.sent: former Blackwater security guard Nicholas Slatten (bottom right) was convicted of first degree murder and on Monday be sentenced to life in prison for Former Blackwater guard Nicholas Slatten (bottom right) role in the 2007 Nisour Square slaughter that left 14 dead and dozens more maimed and injured. 
article_snippet.sent: Dustin Heard, Paul Slough and Evan Liberty (clockwise from top left) were received the 30-year minimum sentences plus one day for Dustin Heard, Paul Slough and Evan Liberty (clockwise from top left) multiple manslaughter convictions .
article_snippet.sent: The firearms convictions alone carry mandatory minimum sentences of 30 years in prison.
highlights_snippet.sent: A judge has sentenced former Blackwater guard Nicholas Slatten to life in prison for A judge role in a 2007 shooting that killed 14 and wounded 17 .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Charges against Paul Slough, Evan Liberty and Dustin Heard included dozens of counts of manslaughter and attempted manslaughter .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: The former Blackwater guards were convicted in October on a combined 33 counts including manslaughter, attempted manslaughter and murder .
  