History of the United States II / Unit 15 USH2 2140 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Only Soldier Convicted
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The idea
Calley was convicted in March nineteen seventy-one and sentenced to life, as hundreds of thousands joined a Free Calley campaign.
In practice
Nixon moving him to house arrest at Fort Benning, Georgia, two days later.
Where people slip
The sentence was cut to twenty years, and he was paroled in September nineteen seventy-four after three and a half years under house arrest.
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