Don Ayala: Probation in Slaying of Paula Loyd’s Murderer
05.08.2009 at 03:37pm
Ex-contractor Given Probation in Slaying of Afghan – Associated Press. A former military contractor has been sentenced to probation for shooting and killing a handcuffed prisoner in Afghanistan. Don Ayala of New Orleans pleaded guilty to manslaughter charges that normally would carry up to eight years in prison. But U.S. District Senior Judge Claude Hilton decided probation was warranted under the circumstances. The man whom Ayala shot had set fire to 1 of Ayala’s colleagues (Paula Loyd) minutes before the shooting…
