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Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, (L) 1st platoon sergeant, Blackhorse Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, California on August 23, 2011.
Tuesday, Mar. 20, 2012

Open quoteEverything that happens in this case is going to have direct international echoes in terms of the ongoing war effort.Close quote

  • DOUGLAS BERMAN,
  • sentencing expert at Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University, on the court-martial and prosecution of Robert Bales, the U.S. sergeant who is accused of killing 16 civilians in Afghanistan
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