Bales Sentenced to Life in Prison Without Parole

Robert Bales, who murdered twenty-two people, in an Afghanistan village, on March 11, 2012, was sentenced on Friday.

He was given the maximum sentence of life in prison with a chance for parole.

In June he plead guilty to avoid the death penalty.

Bales showed no emotion while the verdict was read at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.

Family members, of those who had been killed, had flown from Afghanistan for the trial and sentencing.

They were severely disappointed in the lack of a death sentence, saying that it was not justice.