:Murder of Mohebullah

{{Short description|2010 shooting in Afghanistan}}

The murder of Mohebullah refers to the 2010 shooting of prisoner Mohebullah in Afghanistan by a US soldier who later pleaded guilty and was convicted by a U.S. military judge.

On October 17, 2010 "in a jail cell at a U.S. outpost in Afghanistan"{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/05/25/soldier-expected-plead-guilty-detainee-death/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103021528/http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/05/25/soldier-expected-plead-guilty-detainee-death/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 3, 2012 |title=US Soldier Gets 12 ½ Years In Detainee Death |publisher=Fox News |date=2010-04-07 |access-date=2011-09-30}} prisoner Muhebullah was shot to death after Private First Class David Lawrence had unlocked the door and entered the prison cell of Mohebullah. The prisoner was "described by Army officials as a suspected Taliban commander" according to the website of Fox News.

PFC Lawrence pled guilty and on May 25, 2011 a U.S. military court at Fort Carson sentenced him to 12 and a half years for the premeditated murder of Mohebullah.{{Cite news | newspaper = Denver Post | url = https://www.denverpost.com/2011/05/25/soldier-pleads-guilty-to-killing-jailed-taliban-commander/ | date = 2011-05-25 | access-date = 2024-05-07 | title = Soldier pleads guilty to killing jailed Taliban commander | author = Kevin Vaughan }}{{cite web|url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/utenriks/artikkel.php?artid=10086199 |title=Amerikansk soldat tilstår drap på Taliban-fange - VG Nett om Afghanistan |publisher=Verdens Gang|language= no|date=2011-05-26 |access-date=2011-09-30}} He was incarcerated at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas.