Convicted Iraq Vet Now Faces Possible Death Penalty For War Crimes

Former U.S. Army Private First Class Steven Dale Green, convicted on 16 felonies including premeditated murder of a civilian Iraqi family and attempted rape, will undoubtedly die in prison. The sentencing trial for Steven Green began on May 11 and, as Defense Attorney Pat Bouldin told the jury, it will decide "if [Green] will die of natural causes, or if he'll be taken to a room by government officials, laid out on a table in a room full of witnesses and killed."
In pushing for the death penalty, Prosecutor Marisa Ford reiterated the squad's actions of March 12, 2006. She reminded the jury of how "all four soldiers agreed on the plan, brought weapons and tools to prepare for their mission, and worked to cover up the evidence." She told the jury, "Steven Green failed to live up to his duty, he didn't show mercy to Abeer Al-Janabi, he took away the two orphaned brother's hope for a normal life, and by doing so he lost the honor of calling himself a U.S. soldier; Steven Green doesn't deserve mercy."
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Former soldier Eric Lauzier was called to the stand. He nearly vilified the army in testifying about "faulty" parts of the Army's leadership. When asked about Sgt. Jim Fenlason, Lauzier told the court that he was "tactically incompetent." When asked about Colonel Kunk, he became frustrated in saying that, "he wouldn't listen to what NCOs were telling him, he'd berate any officer who tried to defy him or question his actions. That man threw lives away." In this case alone the Defense has gathered enough to put the Army itself on trial. LinkHere