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Joseph P. Mayo faces a maximum of 35 years in jail after pleading guilty to murder and conspiracy to murder. He and two other sergeants shot bound and blindfolded prisoners in the back of the head with nine-millimetre pistols and dumped their bodies in a Baghdad canal. "I thought it was in the best interests of my soldiers."
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.

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