5th Trial in Iraqi Rape Case Drags On
EVANSVILLE, Ind. -- They were convicted one after another - four U.S. soldiers who helped gang rape and kill a 14-year-old Iraqi girl in one of the war's worst atrocities. In exchange for leniency, each struck deals to testify against a fifth man, a troubled former Army private who allegedly killed the family and planted the idea of raping the girl. But the case against Steven D. Green has dragged slowly forward in the 18 months since the allegations surfaced. It's a pace, military legal experts note, that bears stark contrast to swift prosecutions of nearly every other crime to come from Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Posted by Editor at December 19, 2007 07:56 PM