US ex-soldier convicted of Iraq rape and killings - Americas, World - The Independent
Green premeditated the murder of the parents and younger sister of a fourteen year old girl, whom his friends raped whilst he killed the rest of the family. He then raped her and murdered her when he was done.
So I would have thought that by US standards this guy was headed for death. Personally I would send him back to Iraq to serve a life means life life sentence.
Ordinarily, I am against the death penalty.
In many ways, it seems to me that putting a fellow in a box for 40 or 50 years is a lot more punishing than a quick out.
However... I feel somewhat differently about crimes committed in the uniform of the US military service.
It is bad enough that that we ask our soldiers to do horrific things for their nation... but to bring dishonor to that nation thru your action in uniform seems to me a crime transcending the personal...
War is such a horror in its own right, that it becomes far more sacred a trust that no serving member commit the slightest step beyond the rules of engagement.
I think the fellow should be stripped of his uniform in public, and then shot by his fellow soldiers.
Then his body tossed in a hole and lit on fire.
And his ashes pissed on.
And I think the fucks who warranted torture by serving US personnel deserve the same for shaming the entire nation.