Bales to plead guilty
Several of you sent us links to the story that Richard Bales, that fellow who shot up a couple of Afghan villages a year ago March, will plead guilty to avoid the death penalty. Says the Associated Press;
Staff Sgt. Robert Bales is scheduled to enter guilty pleas to charges of premeditated murder June 5 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord south of Seattle, said lawyer John Henry Browne. A sentencing-phase trial set for September will determine whether he is sentenced to life in prison with or life without the possibility of parole. The judge and commanding general must approve a plea deal.
Browne previously indicated Bales remembered little from the night of the massacre, but he said the soldier will give a full account of what happened before the judge decides whether to accept the plea.
I’m sure, if someone tell the Afghans, instead of waiting for them to learn to read it for themselves, there will be riots in the streets if the deal is accepted. And, oh, we’re still waiting for them to take Nidal Hassan to trial.
Category: Military issues, Terror War
I wonder if they will, “consider his family” in the sentencing.
I’m sure Karazi will have something intelligent and constructive to say once he hears about it
Actually, CBS news ran a story that Army SF operating out of the village and the locals like us now. Maybe because we paid them a collective $700K in compensation.
He will still burn in hell…no matter how the USA handles it. I hope and pray it won’t be another excuse for our enemies to continue to act the fool… but I doubt it.