Soldier (murdered unarmed Iraqis) says he lied to get lighter term

[UpInArms]

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110AP_Fort_Riley_Officer_Charged.html

FORT RILEY, Kan. -- A soldier convicted of murdering unarmed Iraqis testified Thursday that he falsely implicated his platoon leader in one of the slayings so that he could get a lighter prison sentence.

The startling testimony came at a military hearing to determine whether 2nd Lt. Erick J. Anderson should be court-martialed on murder charges.

Pvt. Michael Williams said, contrary to his earlier statements, that the Iraqi victim was already dead when Anderson arrived, and that Anderson never gave any order to kill him.

"I just felt that pressure of getting a life sentence instead of 25 years," Williams said. "It's just a lot of my fear."

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[indepat]

1. Makes one wonder what kind of citizens many of these citizen-soldiers

will make when they come back home.

Edited: context

[japple]

2. Remember all the movies, books and TV shows about

crazed Viet Nam veterans after that war was over?

[Southpaw Bookworm]

4. The same sort they were before they left

Remember Charles Graner had been disciplined several times for abusing the inmates at the prison where he worked?

[Zhade]

3. Hang him.

No, seriously.

Well, except I'm against the death penalty.