{"id":43876,"date":"2014-10-10T10:48:12","date_gmt":"2014-10-10T15:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=43876"},"modified":"2014-10-10T10:48:12","modified_gmt":"2014-10-10T15:48:12","slug":"clarion-ledger-mississippi-soldier-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/clarion-ledger-mississippi-soldier-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Clarion-Ledger: Mississippi Soldier Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JACKSON, Miss. \u2013 When Army Reserve Sgt. Randy Sandifer of Pinola deployed to Iraq as a sophomore at Ole Miss, he didn&#8217;t realize he was on a journey that would take him not only overseas, but eventually would tie his name to one of the most prestigious honors in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Sandifer, now 30 and a ballistics expert at the Army Crime Lab in Atlanta, is nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for research he did while stationed at Abu Ghraib prison &#8212; research that ultimately would lead to the closure of the controversial facility.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clarionledger.com\/story\/news\/2014\/10\/10\/mississippi-soldier-nominated-nobel-peace-prize\/17024697\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read the full story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JACKSON, Miss. \u2013 When Army Reserve Sgt. 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