Iraqis unhappy about life for US rape soldier

May 22nd, 2009 - Reuters

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MAHMUDIYA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqis in the town where U.S. soldiers raped a 14-year-old girl and killed her family said on Friday they were unhappy the ringleader received a life sentence in a U.S. court, not the maximum penalty of execution.

Former U.S. soldier Steven Green, 24, will be sentenced to life in prison after a jury on Thursday failed to agree on whether he deserved death, the penalty sought by prosecutors.

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