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Second US soldier charged in probe into Afghan civilian deaths

November 30, 2010 12:10:12 PM

Major General Curtis Scaparrotti of the US Army on Monday ordered a court-martial for Staff Sergeant David Bram stemming from a larger case involving five soldiers accused of killing Afghan citizens. Bram is charged with...

November 21, 2010 10:15:48 AM

The US Army Court of Criminal Appeals on Friday stayed proceedings against a soldier charged in the death of an Afghan civilian in January. The stay was granted in the case of Private First Class Andrew Holmes...

October 18, 2010 08:23:08 AM

A US soldier accused of killing three Afghan civilians in an unprovoked rogue assault earlier this year will face a court-martial for premeditated murder, the US Army announced Friday. Specialist Jeremy Morlock of Joint Base...

June 5, 2010 08:49:13 AM

The US Army announced Friday that a soldier has been charged in the deaths of three Afghan civilians in separate incidents between January and May. Specialist Jeremy Morlock of Joint Base Lewis-McChord was charged with...

February 2, 2010 08:01:00 AM

JURIST Guest Columnist William G. Ross of Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, says that although a president should naturally be careful to avoid demonstrating disrespect for the Supreme Court, the remarks President Obama recently made about the Court's decision...

December 1, 2009 10:03:00 AM

Former US soldier Steven Green on Monday challenged the law used to convict him in civilian court for his role in the rape and murder of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and the murder...

September 4, 2009 03:14:00 PM

Former US soldier Steven Green was sentenced Friday to five consecutive life terms in prison for the rape and murder of an Iraqi teenage girl and the murder of her family in Mahmudiya....

May 29, 2009 08:04:00 AM

The US has failed to adequately prevent and prosecute war crimes and other abuses during its operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Philip Alston said in...

May 22, 2009 12:56:00 PM

Former US soldier Steven Green was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for the rape and murder of an Iraqi teenage girl and the murder of her family in Mahmudiya. A federal jury...

May 8, 2009 09:48:00 AM

A jury in US District Court for the Western District of Kentucky on Thursday convicted former Pfc. Steven D. Green of the rape and murder of an Iraqi girl , and the...

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