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Mr. Richmond, who served in the Army from 2002 to 2008, was court-martialed and found guilty of voluntary manslaughter. According to The Associated Press, Mr. Richmond killed a cow herder who had been detained along with other men in an Iraqi village that the Army raided on Feb. 28, 2004. Mr. Richmond shot the herder in the back of the head from six feet away as the man, who has handcuffed, stumbled.

Mr. Richmond was convicted in August 2004 and sentenced to a reduction in rank to private, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, three years’ confinement and a dishonorable discharge, according to the U.S. Army. He was released on parole in 2006 with almost a year remaining on his original sentence, The A.P. reported.

Mr. Richmond testified at his court-martial that he thought the herder had a weapon and lunged to attack another soldier, The A.P. reported. He said he didn’t know that his hands had been bound.