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Dustin Laurent Heard

Pardon

  /   2017–2021

Record at a Glance

Clemency type
Pardon
Presidential term
2017–2021
Federal district
District of Columbia
Offense
Voluntary manslaughter, aiding and abetting and causing an act to be done (six counts); attempt to commit voluntary manslaughter, aiding and abetting and causing an act to be done (11 counts); using and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence and aiding and abetting and causing an act to be done
Sentence
151 months' imprisonment; 36 months' supervised release (as amended on September 5, 2019) (April 13, 2015)
Current status
Status unclear from available authoritative sources.

Background

The 2014 jury convictions were reviewed on appeal in 2017: DOJ records 21 affirmed counts for Slough, 20 of 21 for Liberty, and 18 for Heard. The original mandatory sentences were remanded for resentencing. The clemency table offense counts need reconciliation with the verdict and appellate mandate before publication.

Original Case

DOJ lists: Voluntary manslaughter, aiding and abetting and causing an act to be done (six counts); attempt to commit voluntary manslaughter, aiding and abetting and causing an act to be done (11 counts); using and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence and aiding and abetting and causing an act to be done. Sentence: 151 months' imprisonment; 36 months' supervised release (as amended on September 5, 2019) (April 13, 2015). Plea/trial history and any amendments beyond this table require case-document review.

Clemency

Pardon on December 22, 2020. Individual warrant scope requires review.

Trump Connection

The White House identified Pete Hegseth and Republican members of Congress as pardon advocates; no motive is inferred.

Since Clemency

  • 2025-08-13 · media/advocacy

    Heard appeared with author Gina Keating in a podcast interview tied to the book Raven 23 about the Blackwater case.

    Legal Status: Public advocacy; the book's claims of injustice are not adopted as factual exoneration.

Sources

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