Jury selection begun on Rapist/murderer Steven Green's trial

[uppityperson]

Not to presume guilt since "innocent until proven guilty" is how it works, even for raping murdering assholes like this, and aside from the fact that the all other guys involved said they did it and are serving sentences already, but jury selection in his civilan vs military trial began today.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7986815.stm

Jury selection has begun in the civilian trial of a former US soldier on charges of raping a teenage girl and killing her and her family in Iraq. Steven Green, 22, faces 17 charges, including murder and sexual assault.

The former private will be the first ex-soldier to be charged as a civilian under a law that allows prosecution for alleged crimes committed overseas. He faces a possible death sentence if found guilty by a civil court in Paducah, Kentucky. Opening arguments are due to begin on 27 April.


Four other soldiers are serving sentences of between five and 110 years for their roles in the 2006 attack.

Three had admitted holding down Abeer Qassim al-Janabi, raping her and then killing her, her parents and her younger sister at the family's home in Mahmudiya before torching the building. ...