LIFE SENTENCE TO PIRATE FOR FOUR AMERICAN DEATHS

SOMALI PIRATE GETS LIFE IN PRISON FOR 4 US DEATHS

By BROCK VERGAKIS

— Nov. 12, 2013  AP

PHOTO: U.S. Coast Guard

NORFOLK, VA.(AP) A federal judge in Virginia has sentenced Ahmed Muse Salad , a Somali pirate to 19 consecutive life sentences in prison for his role in the shooting deaths of four Americans. Chief Judge Rebecca Beach Smith sentenced the pirate Tuesday for his role in the deaths of the Americans aboard the yacht QUEST off the coast of Africa in 2011.

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