is in custody at a prison in fort leavenworth, kansas. we are learning more about sergeant bales, his family and his career. let s go to john yang outside fort leavenworth. good day to you. first up, let s get the latest on charges against sergeant bales. reporter: he has not formally been charged. it doesn t mean that charges are imminent. the fact gathering is still continuing. it could be a lengthy process, and so charges could be weeks, maybe even months away. alex? okay. what about sergeant bales. what do we know about his family? his military career, what did you piece together? reporter: well, he enlisted in the army shortly after 9/11 in november 2001 and decided to make it a career. he s been based in fort lewis in washington state since 9/112002, as a matter of fact. he s married.
whether you agree with the verdict or not, justice was served in a new jersey courtroom where a jury convicted dharun ravi in the cyber bullying case we ve been following more than a year now. ravi a former rutgers student use a webcam to spy on his roommate tyler clementi while way man. he tweeted about what he saw. days later which meantie killed himself. he was just 18 years old. ravi faces up to five years in prison. at time of the arrest, no law on the books making cyber bullying a crime. months after tyler clementi s suicide new jersey passed a cyber bullying law. they were able to convict him under a biased intimidation law instead. only 11 states currently have laws on the books criminalizing cyber bullying. only 11 states nap despite the fact bullying remain as huge problem. according to government statistics kids between 8 and 15 say bullying is a bigger problem for them than racism or pressure to have sex. the toll bullying takes on gay teens and kids is especially
walking a nearby villages and gunning down 16 victims. more on the story later on in the program. first up, keeping them honest. whether you agree with the verdict or not, justice was served in a new jersey courtroom where a jury convicted dharun ravi. ravi, a former rutgers university student used a web cam to spy on his gay roommate while he was with a man. he then tweeted about what he saw. days later, he killed himself. he was just 18 years old. ravi now faces up to ten years in prison. keeping them honest, at the time of his arrest, there was no law on the books making cyberbullying a crime. it wasn t until a month after his suicide that new jersey passed the law. prosecutors were able to convict him under a bias intimidation law instead. only 11 states currently have laws on the books criminalizing cyberbullying. 11 states, that is despite the fact that it remains a huge problem. kids between 8 and 15 say bullying is a bigger problem for them than raism or pressure to
he was treated for in 2010. he ll be joined by an iraq veteran who suffered a similar injury. and what is george clooney doing in handcuffs? we ll tell you. this morning, the soldier accused of killing 16 afghan civilians in a house to house rampage is back in the u.s. the suspect is identified as 38-year-old army staff sergeant robert bales. he s now in custody at ft. leavenworth by himself. this was his first tour of duty in afghanistan, but he had done three tours of iraq. neighbors say they only knew bales as a family man who was the life of a party. i was blown away. i was devastated, heart broken, completely shocked. i would describe him he was super fun to hang around with, kind of the life of the party kind of guy. super loving, friendly to everybody he met. great with his kids. i just i don t i don t see how this has happened. i never saw any signs of marital problems. they always seemed pretty happy. cnn s sara steiner has been following this story sin
let s get to takoma, washington where dan simon is now. reporter: of course the focus is trying to see if there were clues or warning signs that may have caused this army soldier robert bales to carry out this unthinkable rampage. right now there is a lot of speculation whether or not he suffered deep emotional problems after having been to four different battle zones, three in iraq, one in afghanistan. of course, his attorney tells cnn in 2010 he suffered a serious brain injury after his vehicle hit a roadside bomb. that attorney telling cnn that the day before the rampage took place, his client watched a fellow soldier get seriously injured. take a look. what i heard from the military lawyers who are working on this case with me, who i m very impressed with, that another soldier at this base was brutally attacked the day before this incident and had his leg shot off right in front of my client. reporter: the military moved bales family. he s a father of two children