Sunday, September 06, 2009 WASHINGTON: A former US soldier has been sentenced to life in jail for the gang rape and murder of an Iraqi girl and the killing of her family members.Steven Dale Green was sentenced on Friday, nearly four months after he was convicted of the rape and murder of 14-year-old Abeer al-Janabi and the killing of her mother, father and six-year-old sister in Baghdad in 2006.Judge Thomas Russell called Green's actions "unimaginable, unjustified and inexcusable" and gave him five consecutive life sentences without any eligibility for parole.Green was found to be the leader of a group of five US soldiers who planned the attack over whiskey and a game of cards. Three other soldiers were given life sentences by military courts for the attack. They will eligible for parole in 10 years.A fourth soldier received a 27-month jail sentence for keeping watch while the other soldiers carried out their attack at the Janabi family home.Green was tried in a civilian ...
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