1 Brian Norris said Wednesday. He should have been shot by a firing squad. Peter Thompson wondered why Ronghi was given a plea bargain. We could have put him to death. Petty Officer 1st Class Mark Holmes, a manpower analyst from Naval Air Station Sigonella, also disagreed with the sentence.
Military members are in the public eye.
We are held to a higher standard. The panel heard several hours of testimony from Ronghi's relatives who characterized him as a loving, caring person. But they also heard how Ronghi sought out someone to have sex with, raped Merita Shabiu and killed her by choking her and stepping on her neck. Ronghi, a member of the 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne out of Fort Bragg, N.C., addressed the panel Tuesday, apologizing to the Shabiu family and to the armed services. But it wasn't enough to give him life in prison with parole.