Soldier convicted in rape, murder of Iraqi girl is found hanged (Feb 2014, I missed this)

[uppityperson]

I have checked Steven Green on the news but missed this last spring. I do not know what happened to the person who recruited him, do not know if they are still offering military service as an option to violent criminals like they did for him.


http://articles.latimes.com/2014/feb/18/nation/la-na-nn-soldier-suicide-rape-iraq-girl-mahmoudiya-20140218

Soldier convicted in rape, murder of Iraqi girl is found hanged
February 18, 2014|By David Zucchino

It was one of the most disturbing war crimes to emerge from the brutal conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan: U.S. Army Pfc. Steven Dale Green raped and killed a 14-year-old Iraqi girl in 2006 after shooting and killing her parents and younger sister. Then he and his combat buddies from a nearby U.S. Army checkpoint set the girl’s corpse on fire.

Green, 28, serving five life sentences, apparently has committed suicide eight years after the crimes. He was found hanging in his cell at the federal maximum security prison in Tucson last week and died Saturday, prison officials announced Tuesday.

They said Green’s death was being investigated as an apparent suicide.

[appleannie1]

1. It was in the news when the rape happened. I never saw anything on the hanging though.

[uppityperson]

2. Yes, there was a lot of outrage as they called Abeer a Woman in the news. And a lot of general

outrage about it. I have checked on Green on and off, but this spring was having family issues and offline for quite a while and missed this so wanted to share the outcome.

[JI7]

3. too bad he didn't do it before he raped and killed her and her family

[uppityperson]

4. I have the same wish for people who do such awful things then kill themselves.

They do it backwards. Not that I want people to kill themselves, but if they are, do it in the right order.

[JI7]

5. yes, only problem is like in this case, ariel castro and some others

they kill themselves because they were caught and in prison.

if they were never caught they would never feel bad, shame , or anything negative about what they did and maybe commit more of those crimes.