US soldier put an Iraqi civilian "out of his misery"

A US soldier was convicted of murder for killing an Iraqi civilian who was severely injured. From ABC News:

Staff Sgt. Johnny M. Horne Jr., 30, of Wilson, N.C., pleaded guilty on Friday to one count of unpremeditated murder and one count of soliciting another soldier to commit unpremeditated murder.

His sentencing included a reduction in rank to private, forfeiture of wages and a dishonorable discharge.

The charges relate to the Aug. 18 killing of a 16-year-old Iraqi male found in a burning truck with severe abdominal wounds sustained during clashes in Baghdad's Sadr City, an impoverished neighborhood that was the scene of fierce fighting between U.S. forces and Shiite rebels loyal to anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.

A criminal investigator had said during an earlier hearing that the soldiers decided to kill him to "put him out of his misery."

I wonder if the Bible-tumpers who are so rapidly pro-war remember that wacky 10 Commandments part of Thou Shalt Not Kill.

Murder is not a moral value.