SassyLady
06-01-2012, 08:30 PM
Article says drops murder charge.....does this mean one charge of murder....from 17 to 16? Very misleading headline ... I thought all charges were dropped and a charge of using steroids was added. However, I believe it means that one of the 17 charges was dropped....makes more sense.
SEATTLE (AP) — The Army has dropped a murder charge, but added others, including steroid use, against a soldier accused in a deadly shooting rampage in Afghanistan.Staff Sgt. Robert Bales (http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Robert+Bales) is now accused of gunning down 16 civilians in pre-dawn raid on two Afghan villages in March.Bales attorney Emma Scanlan says she received the new charges Friday and theres nothing surprising in them.There had been talk for some time that the number of victims in the massacre had been over-counted by one.Bales now faces 16 counts of premeditated murder; six of attempted murder; seven of assault; one of possessing steroids; one of using steroids; one of destroying a laptop computer; one of burning bodies; and one of using alcohol.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/story/2012-06-01/bales-afghanistan-shootings/55331426/1?csp=34news&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+usatoday-NewsTopStories+%28News+-+Top+Stories%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher
SEATTLE (AP) — The Army has dropped a murder charge, but added others, including steroid use, against a soldier accused in a deadly shooting rampage in Afghanistan.Staff Sgt. Robert Bales (http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Robert+Bales) is now accused of gunning down 16 civilians in pre-dawn raid on two Afghan villages in March.Bales attorney Emma Scanlan says she received the new charges Friday and theres nothing surprising in them.There had been talk for some time that the number of victims in the massacre had been over-counted by one.Bales now faces 16 counts of premeditated murder; six of attempted murder; seven of assault; one of possessing steroids; one of using steroids; one of destroying a laptop computer; one of burning bodies; and one of using alcohol.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/story/2012-06-01/bales-afghanistan-shootings/55331426/1?csp=34news&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+usatoday-NewsTopStories+%28News+-+Top+Stories%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher