What sentence did William Calley receive after his court-martial?

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A group of frightened Vietnamese women and children stand close together outdoors during the My Lai Massacre in the Vietnam War. — My Lai Massacre Vietnamese citizens photographed during the My Lai Massacre, March 16, 1968.

At the conclusion of his court-martial in March 1971, William Calley was found guilty of the murder of 22 Vietnamese civilians and sentenced to life in prison. Many observers believed he had been made a scapegoat for the actions of others, and he was subsequently paroled in 1974.1