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Charges against soldier are expected this week

Afghan victims, witnesses may testify in US

By Deb Riechmann

 |  Associated Press  

  March 19, 2012

Charges against an American soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians are expected to be filed within a week and if the case goes to court the trial will be held in the United States, said a legal specialist with the U.S. military familiar with the investigation. The suspect’s lead lawyer, John Henry Browne of Seattle, said he planned to meet Monday with Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, who is being held in an isolated cell at the military prison in Fort Leavenworth

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