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US soldier who killed 16 Afghans may seek clemency

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KABUL (Pajhwok): A former US soldier convicted of killing Afghan civilians may ask President Donald Trump for a sentence commutation should he run out of legal options, his lawyer says.

During his first tour of Afghanistan and children, in southern Kandahar province on March 11, 2012.

Handed down life imprisonment without parole on June 5, 2013, Bales claims important evidence was withheld in his first trial. The Supreme Court would consider his petition, according to McClatchy.

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