This, from a statement today (3 Feb 09) from the United States Attorney's Office:
Don Michael Ayala, a civilian contractor stationed in Afghanistan, pleaded guilty today to voluntary manslaughter in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, in the death of Abdul Salam while on patrol in Chehel Gazi, Afghanistan, on November 4, 2008 .... The maximum sentence Ayala could receive is 15 years .... U.S. District Judge Claude M. Hilton set a sentencing date of May 8, 2009.