The guilty plea entered by Staff Sgt. Robert Bales allows him to escape the death penalty for the murder of sixteen civilians in what is considered to be one of the most serious atrocities committed during the decade-long Afghan war. In the attack, he shot the unarmed villagers, mostly women and children, at point-blank range and then burned several of the bodies in violation of Islamic laws. The soldier and his lawyers were prepared to argue that he committed the crime due to drug and alcohol use, PTSD, and repeated deployments.
Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/army-judge-to-decide-whether-to-accept-guilty-plea-from-us-soldier-in-afghan-massacre/2013/06/05/441c0c42-cdae-11e2-8573-3baeea6a2647_story.html
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