TACOMA, Wash., Aug 23 (Reuters) - A U.S. military jury sentenced an American soldier to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Friday for killing 16 Afghan civilians on their family compounds in a nighttime rampage last year, according to a verdict read in court.
Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, a veteran of four combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, has admitted to slaughtering the villagers, mostly women and children, in attacks in Kandahar province in March 2012. (Reporting by Eric Johnson; Writing by Cynthia Johnston\; Editing by Dan Whitcomb)
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