[ April 23, 2024 ]
It took too long, but thank Gd, Behenna is free. Five long terrible years. But he’s free. GITMO enemy combatants were freed sooner. Thirty-year-old Michael Behenna was granted parole in February after serving five years of his 15-year sentence for unpremeditated murder in a combat zone.
Thank you to all of the Atlas readers who supported this soldier throughout his ordeal.
Bless all of you who wrote and called in support of Michael Behenna. Special thanks to Bev Perlson, Michael Savage, Bird’s Nest, Bob McCarty, who never gave up and continued to fight for his freedom.
Say a prayer for those soldiers still serving time for serving their country. The Leavenworth 10.
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Michael Behenna is embraced by his brother Brett and girlfriend Shannon Wahl following his release from prison Friday, March 14, 2014, in Leavenworth, Kan. Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman 
10:15 a.m. Micheal Behenna prays with family after being released from prison pic.twitter.com/KGeNDW9Rn7
After five years in military prison, a former U.S. Army lieutenant from Oklahoma who was convicted of killing an Iraqi prisoner is returning home to his family.
Thirty-year-old Michael Behenna was granted parole in February after serving five years of his 15-year sentence for unpremeditated murder in a combat zone. He was released from the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., Friday morning.
The Oklahoman covered it here:
Behenna learning to use an iPhone. His grandmother asked him if she wanted her to teach him pic.twitter.com/RXGQwNHGTh
@Adam_WK 10:48 a.m. Sitting down with Michael Behenna for an interview: “it’s overwhelming, I can’t put into words what… instagram.com/p/lh1OEeJcq8/
10:57 a.m. Michael Behenna: “It’s a bittersweet moment for me leaving my guys behind. We had each other’s backs while we were in there together.”
10:59 a.m. Behenna got choked up when asked about his mother: “I tried to tell her how much she means to me the other day… Words can’t describe.”
11:03 a.m. Behenna: “Such a surreal feeling. Seeing Ft. Leavenworth for the first time and then for the last time. The emotion is hard to describe.”
11:05 a.m. Behenna: “Only thing I’ve seen for the last 5 years is concrete, a little bit of grass and barbed wire. To see my family… It was amazing.”
11:20 a.m. Michael Behenna is embraced by family following his release from prison in Leavenworth. #Behenna pic.twitter.com/7n3eWgv3i3
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