Accused leader of Ga. militia receives life in prison without parole for double slaying
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A Georgia soldier accused of running an anti-government militia has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for a double slaying.
Pvt. Isaac Aguigui (AH-gee-gee) of Cashmere, Wash., pleaded guilty as part of a deal that spared him the death penalty on two counts of malice murder. He also pleaded guilty to four counts of violating Georgia's anti-gang law.
Prosecutors said Aguigui and three fellow Fort Stewart soldiers were part of a militia group called Forever Enduring Always Ready. The defendants were accused of fatally shooting a former member of their Army unit and the man's 17-year-old girlfriend.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Investigators say Aguigui ordered the deaths of Michael Roark and Tiffany York in 2011 to keep them from exposing the group's plans.
Aguigui's attorney, Newell Hamilton Jr., declined to comment.