Sunday, August 23, 2009

the sentence and the crime

"Mr. Calley, 66, was a young Army lieutenant when a court-martial at nearby Fort Benning convicted him of murder in 1971 for killing 22 civilians during the massacre of 500 men, women and children in Vietnam. Though sentenced to life in prison, Mr. Calley ended up serving three years under house arrest after President Richard M. Nixon later reduced his sentence."