{"id":39902,"date":"2014-02-19T10:02:19","date_gmt":"2014-02-19T15:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=39902"},"modified":"2014-02-19T15:59:47","modified_gmt":"2014-02-19T20:59:47","slug":"criminal-serving-for-life-completes-sentence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=39902","title":{"rendered":"Criminal serving for life completes sentence (UPDATED)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jilly and Andy send us links to an Associated Press<\/a> story about convicted rapist\/murderer Steven Dale Green, a former soldier who was convicted in 2009 of murdering an Iraqi family and the rape and murder of 14-year-old Abeer Qassim al-Janabi in 2006. Three others were prosecuted as accomplices, but tried in the military court system. They are eligible for parole next year. Green, however completed his life sentence yesterday when prison officials found him “unresponsive” in his cell. His death is being investigated as a suicide;<\/p>\n

In multiple interviews from prison with The Associated Press, Green frequently expressed regret at taking part in the attack and frustration that he was tried and convicted in the civilian system, which does not afford inmates parole, while the others involved went through the military justice system and have a chance to be released from prison.<\/p>\n

“I was made to pay for all the war crimes. I’m the only one here in federal prison,” Green said in an October 2013 interview. “I think they plan to throw away the key in my situation.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’d like to thank Mr. Green for saving the tax payers untold thousands of dollars to keep him alive. He should have been sentenced to death for his particularly gruesome crime, at least he had the decency to commit justice for the rest of us, if it turns out that he did indeed commit suicide. If it turns out that he had some help, I also send my heartfelt thanks to his assistant.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: <\/strong>According to Stars & Stripes<\/a>, the Medical Examiner has declared that Green died from hanging. I suppose the rope around his neck was their big clue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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