Trial date sought in Iraq rape, murder case

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Trial date sought in Iraq rape, murder case
By Bruce Schreiner - The Associated Press
Posted : Sunday Dec 9, 2007 10:14:26 EST

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Federal prosecutors asked a judge to set a trial for next summer for a former soldier accused of raping a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and killing her and her family.

In a motion filed Friday, U.S. Attorney David Huber requested an Aug. 4 trial date for Steve Green.

Huber said defense attorneys wanted a later trial date that would benefit Green as “memories begin to fade” of the March 2006 attack. Four others who served with Green have been convicted in the attack.

Huber said Green’s attorneys argue the trial should not be scheduled prior to April 2009.

Such a timetable “unduly burdens the public’s right to a speedy trial,” Huber said, noting it would be 30 months after Green’s indictment and 21 months after prosecutors said they intended to seek the death penalty.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/12/ap_greentrial_071209/