US soldier gets 24 yrs for murders of 3 Afghans

FE Team | Published: March 25, 2011 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash., Mar 24: A United States (US) soldier who pleaded guilty in the killings of three Afghan civilians has agreed to testify against four others whom he says were co-conspirators in a case that has raised some of the most serious criminal allegations to come from the Afghanistan War. Spc. Jeremy Morlock, who was accused of taking a leading role in the killings last year, was sentenced to 24 years in prison Wednesday, the maximum sentence under a plea deal that also calls for him to testify against his co-defendants. - AP