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...took the six-man military jury a record 13 days-nearly 80 hours of deliberation-to reach its verdict. The jury must now decide whether to sentence Calley to life imprisonment or death, the only two alternatives under military...
During the trial Calley admitted firing into a drainage ditch filled with Vietnamese captives but insisted that everything he did at My Lai on the morning of March 16, 1968, was under the orders of his company commander, Captain Ernest Medina. Medina is currently awaiting court-martial on similar charges at Ft. McPherson...
...government had charged Calley with premeditated murder of not less than 30 Vietnamese along a trail in My Lai and of more than 70 villagers in a drainage ditch just east of the small hamlet. The jury found him guilty on both counts, but reduced the number of victims to not less than one in the first incident and not less than 20 in the second...
...Calley was also convicted of the murder of a Vietnamese man dressed in the white robes of a monk and of assault to commit murder for shooting at a small child in the ditch...
...infantry assault against My Lai was spearheaded by Calley's 1st Platoon, a unit of Charlie company within the America Division. The assault failed to find any Viet Cong soldiers, and the operation disintegrated into an execution of civilian villagers...