Staff Sgt. Robert Bales is scheduled to appear in court Thursday at Joint Base Lewis-McChord for an arraignment on charges that he murdered 16 Afghan civilians and wounded six more in March.
It is to be his first court appearance since the Army announced last month that it intends to pursue the death penalty against Bales.
Read more here: http://blog.thenewstribune.com/military/2013/01/15/kandahar-massacre-suspect-staff-sgt-robert-bales-due-in-court-thursday-for-arraignment/


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