A Virginia jury has recommended life in prison for three Somali pirates convicted of murdering off the coast of Africa in 2011.
The prosecution had sought the death penalty for , who were convicted last month of piracy, murder and kidnapping.
The three were among 19 men who attacked the 58-foot S/V Quest with the intent of ransoming her crew: retired U.S. couple Jean and Scott Adam; and two friends, Bob Riggle and Phyllis Macay.
When negotiations broke down, however, the four were shot and killed.
The victims were the first Americans killed in a wave of piracy that has plagued the Somali Coast and the Indian Ocean in recent years.
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