then shared by the dignified reaction of alexander lachmann‘s wife. dignified reaction of alexander lachmann's decision to significantly reduce our sentence such that he can be released imminently. this is the moment we have all been fighting hard for. it is hard to believe that this day is finally here. that joy was matched by hundreds of marines who have campaigned for four years to make this day a reality. i'm just overwhelmed, reduced to tears, if i'm honest. it has broken meet it up and just so relieved thatjustice has been done and now blackman is free. as a marine sergeant, alexander blackman had been a decisive leader of troops, someone who had killed 30 times for his country. but on this tour of afghanistan in 2011, he and his men went through what was called a tour from hell. they were provoked and violently targeted incessantly by the taliban. in this field, they found an injured taliban insurgents. sergeant blackman was recorded saying this... he then pointed his gun at the insurgent. he then added... in 2013, sergeant blackman was found guilty of murder, a decision that thousands