US sentences Somali pirates to life

Five Somali men, convicted of attacking a US Navy ship, have been sentenced to life in prison by a Virginia court.
Tuesday’s sentencing is the harshest yet for accused pirates as the US tries to halt piracy off Africa's coast.
The federal prosecution relied upon rarely-used 19th century maritime laws, and was the first piracy case to go to trial since the Civil War, when a New York jury deadlocked on charges against 13 Southern privateers.
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Source: Aljazeera