U.S. soldier gets life in prison for the massacre of 16 civilians in Afghanistan

"U.S. soldier gets life in prison for the massacre of 16 civilians in Afghanistan
By iG Sao Paulo | 23/08/2013 16:13

Without parole, Bales was convicted of one of the worst atrocities of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

Robert Bales (left) in a photo taken in August 2011 during training at Fort Irwin, Calif.
The U.S. soldier Robert Bales was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the massacre of 16 Afghan civilians in years past, one of the worst atrocities of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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A military judge announced the ruling after hours of closing arguments, with prosecutors saying the words themselves Bales proved that he knew what he was doing when he launched the attack before dawn in March 2012.
Bales, 40, pleaded guilty in June in a deal to avoid the death penalty. He testified on Thursday and perdiu apologize for the massacre, describing it as an act of cowardice.
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Bales, father of two, fulfilled his room combat service when he left his post at Camp Belambay, in Kandahar province, in the middle of the night to attack two villages.
Arguing that Bales should not get parole, prosecutor Jay Morse showed jurors pictures of a girl who was killed while shouting and crying. He showed videos of security cameras that appears Bales returning to his base with "methodical confidence of a man who fulfilled his mission."
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Defense attorney Emma Scanlan said that no one can mitigate the atrocities committed Bales, but urged jurors to consider his prior military service and leave it as a "chance of light" - a perpetual with the possibility of parole after 20 years .
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Several survivors and relatives of victims traveled to the U.S. to testify this week, and cursed Bales for attacking the villagers while they slept and begged for mercy.
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"If someone loses a son, you can imagine how your life would be devastated," said Haji Mohammad Wazir, who lost 11 relatives, including his mother, wife and six of seven. "
* With AP
Access: 23.8.2013

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