Former Soldier to Face Civilian Trial for Alleged Crimes in Iraq

gi4obama

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Wed Aug-27-08 07:40 AM
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Former Soldier to Face Civilian Trial for Alleged Crimes in Iraq

Wednesday, August 27, 2008; Page A04

LOUISVILLE, Aug. 26 -- A federal judge in Kentucky has upheld civilian charges against a former 101st Airborne Division soldier accused in the sexual assault of an Iraqi teenager and the slayings of her and her family.

Steven Dale Green's attorneys challenged a law that allowed him to be indicted on civilian charges for alleged crimes that happened in a war zone while he was serving in the Army. He was discharged before the military could bring its own charges.

But U.S. District Judge Thomas Russell, in a series of rulings released Tuesday, upheld the constitutionality of the law and found that Green received due process as his case moved through the judicial system.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/26/AR2008082603289.html?hpid=sec-nation

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Wed Aug-27-08 07:43 AM
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1. Going to trial only three years after the fact

And conveniently enough, months after the Bush admin is finished riding the Iraq invasion to glory.

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