![]() In 1989, four men were convicted of conspiracy to commit murder in the 1985 contract killing of Richard Braun, of Atlanta, Georgia. However, in 1990 the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed the verdict, saying that the standard of conduct imposed upon the magazine was too high, because the advertisement was ambiguously worded. The jury found Soldier of Fortune grossly negligent in publishing Hearn's classified ad for implicit illegal activity (murder) and awarded the plaintiffs $9.5 million in damages. John Wayne Hearn received a life sentence. Robert Black was executed for Sandra's murder in 1992. While he was on death row, Black's lawyer attempted to use his client's post-traumatic stress disorder as a defense, citing trauma from bombing civilians and watching fellow soldiers die. In 1989, Sandra Black's son Gary and her mother Marjorie Eimann filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against SOF magazine and its parent publishing company Omega Group Ltd., seeking $21 million in redress of their grievance. Black communicated with Hearn through a classified advertisement published in Soldier of Fortune, wherein Hearn solicited "high-risk assignments. ![]() On February 20, 1985, John Wayne Hearn, a Vietnam veteran, shot and killed Sandra Black for a $10,000 payment from her husband, Robert Vannoy Black Jr., also a Vietnam veteran. Norwood and Soldier of Fortune magazine settled the lawsuit out of court. The Court said, "reasonable jurors could find that the advertisement posed a substantial risk of harm" and that "gun for hire" ads were not the type of speech intended for protection under the First Amendment. The US District Court denied the magazine's motion for summary judgment based upon the Constitutional right of free speech under the First Amendment. In 1987, Norman Norwood, of Arkansas, sued SOF magazine, because of injuries he suffered during a murder attempt by two men hired via a "Gun for Hire" advertisement in the magazine. "Gun for Hire" lawsuits - 1980's, Under Robert K Brown Grievous injuryĭuring the late 1980s, Soldier of Fortune under Brown was sued in civil court several times for having published classified advertisements of services by private mercenaries. The articles were picked up by Radar Online, the New York Post, and other outlets. The magazine gained publicity in July 2023 when Keating published her investigative series on the cocaine packet that was discovered inside the Biden White House. forces in Afghanistan and Jan Scruggs, founder of the Vietnam Memorial Wall, along with numerous warfighters and veterans. Among those whose stories appear in the section are Gen.(Ret) Scott Miller, formerly the four-star general in charge of U.S. In the online magazine, publisher Keating introduced a new section entitled The Fire Pit, wherein readers submit personal stories of war and adventure. The magazine currently is published by Soldier of Fortune LLC, and is based in Tampa, Florida. ![]() The April 2016 issue of Soldier of Fortune was the final print edition further editions have been published online. Boulder, CO 80303" At the height of its circulation in the early 1980s the magazine had 190,000 subscribers. SOF was published by the Omega Group Ltd., in Boulder, Colorado. During the late 1970s and the 1980s, the success and popularity of a military magazine such as SOF led to the proliferation of like magazines such as Survive, Gung Ho!, New Breed, Eagle, Combat Illustrated, Special Weapons and Tactics, and Combat Ready. ![]() Significant to the early development of SOF was its recruitment of foreign nationals to serve in the Rhodesian Security Forces, during the Rhodesian Bush War (1964–79). Brown's small circular soon evolved into a glossy, large-format, full-color magazine. After retiring from active duty, Brown began publishing a “circular”, magazine-type publication with few pages which contained information on mercenary employment in Oman, where the Sultan Qaboos had recently deposed his father and was battling a communist insurgency. Brown, who served with Special Forces in Vietnam. Soldier of Fortune magazine was founded in 1975, by Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. "Gun for Hire" lawsuits - 1980's, Under Robert K Brown.In May 2022, author, editor, and security journalist Susan Katz Keating bought the publication from founder Robert K. It was published by Omega Group Ltd., based in Boulder, Colorado. periodical published from 1975 to 2016 as a magazine devoted to worldwide reporting of wars, including conventional warfare, low-intensity warfare, counter-insurgency, and counter-terrorism. Soldier of Fortune ( SOF), subtitled The Journal of Professional Adventurers, is a daily web magazine published by Susan Katz Keating.
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