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   >>> U.S. soldier convicted of murder following 'execution-style' killing of   
   four   
   >>> Iraqi detainees   
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   >>> By Daily Mail Reporter   
   >>> Last updated at 2:51 PM on 30th March 2009   
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   >>> A military court has convicted a soldier of murder in the execution-style   
   >>> slayings of four bound and blindfolded Iraqi detainees in 2007.   
   >>> Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Mayo, of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, pleaded guilty   
   to   
   >>> charges of premeditated murder and conspiracy to commit premeditated murder   
   >>> at the proceeding at the U.S. Army's Rose Barracks in southern Germany   
   >>> today.   
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   >>> The 27-year-old will be sentenced later today and faces the possibility of   
   >>> life in prison, along with a reduction in rank to private, forfeiture of   
   all   
   >>> pay and a dishonorable discharge.   
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   >> US Army soldier sentenced to life in prison   
   >>   
   >> US Army soldier convicted of murdering Iraqis sentenced to life in prison   
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   >> GEORGE FREY   
   >> AP News   
   >>   
   >> Apr 16, 2009 12:33 EDT   
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   >> A U.S. Army soldier convicted of murder in the 2007 killings of four bound   
   >> and blindfolded Iraqis was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison.   
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   >> Master Sgt. John Hatley, 40, will also have his rank reduced to private,   
   >> forfeit all pay and receive a dishonorable discharge, a jury of eight Army   
   >> officers and noncommissioned officers decided. He has the possibility of   
   >> parole after serving 20 years.   
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   >> Hatley and his wife, who sat behind him in the public gallery, both showed   
   no   
   >> emotion when the sentence was read out. He declined to speak to reporters   
   >> afterward.   
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   >> Hatley was found guilty Wednesday of premeditated murder and conspiracy in   
   >> the execution-style killings of the detainees. He was acquitted of   
   >> premeditated murder in a separate January 2007 incident in which a wounded   
   >> Iraqi insurgent was shot and killed.   
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   >> Hatley, who recently underwent knee surgery, limped to the stand with a cane   
   >> to give an emotional closing statement earlier Thursday.   
   >>   
   >> The career soldier urged the jury to let him complete six more months of   
   >> military service, which would have brought his total service to 20 years.   
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   >> "I've served my country for half my life, which I think is the most   
   honorable   
   >> profession in the world," he said. "I served America with the best men our   
   >> great country has to offer. And they are so many. My soldiers are like my   
   >> sons and there's nothing I wouldn't do for them."   
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   >> Prosecution lawyer John Riesenberg had argued the case was about how Hatley   
   >> used his reputation to lead his soldiers "down the brutal path to murder."   
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   >> "This is among the most colossal failures of leadership," Riesenberg said.   
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