article_snippet.sent: Defense lawyers argued for mercy but prosecutors said the men have never shown remorse or accepted responsibility.
article_snippet.sent: The defense argued for mercy Monday by saying that decades-long sentences would be unconstitutionally harsh punishments for men who operated in a stressful, war-torn environment, and who have proud military careers and close family ties.
article_snippet.sent: The government sought sentences far beyond that, partly because The government said the men have never shown remorse or accepted responsibility.
article_snippet.sent: Wartorn: the defense argued for mercy Monday by saying that decades-long sentences would be unconstitutionally harsh punishments for men who operated in a stressful, war-torn environment .