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November 13th,
2007 - Ex-Soldier Charged with Rape, Murder may soon have Trial Date |
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Ex-Soldier Charged with Rape,
Murder may soon have Trial Date By Associated Press November 13, 2007 Paducah, Ky. - A former
soldier charged with the rape and murder of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and the
slaying of her family may soon have a trial date. A federal judge told
attorneys Tuesday to present him in two weeks with a proposed schedule for
Steven D. Green's trial. Green, 22, of Midland,
Texas, is charged with rape and murder in the deaths of Abeer Qassim
al-Janabi and three others in her family. Green, who was discharged from the
Army before being arrested last year, faces a possible death sentence if
convicted. The former private in the Fort Campbell-based 101st Airborne
Division has pleaded not guilty. During a brief telephone
conference call Tuesday with U.S. District Judge Thomas Russell, attorneys
outlined ongoing delays in getting security clearance to view classified
materials in the case and difficulties calling soldiers to testify who have
recently deployed to Iraq. Russell scheduled a hearing
on Nov. 27 to resolve the matters and could set a trial date then. Four others who served with
Green have been convicted for their roles in the March 2006 attack in
Mahmoudiya, a village 20 miles south of Baghdad in the violent heart of the
country's "Triangle of Death." Their sentences range from 5 to 110
years. © 2007 The Associated Press External link: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/5297721.html |