Criminal
Mar. 19, 2014
Choosing suicide over life imprisonment
Steven Dale Green was a soldier in the U.S. Army. At 19, he enlisted. After basic training, he was deployed to Iraq, where he experienced devastating emotional trauma, including witnessing the assassination of two squad leaders by a trusted Iraqi informant. Yet, Green will never be remembered for his patriotism. Rather, his legacy is one of infamy.
Steven Dale Green was a soldier in the U.S. Army. At 19, he enlisted. After basic training, he was deployed to Iraq, where he experienced devastating emotional trauma, including witnessing the assassination of two squad leaders by a trusted Iraqi informant. Yet, Green will never be remembered for his patriotism. Rather, his legacy is one of infamy.
In 2006, together with three other soldiers who guarded a checkpoint, Green hatched a plan to rape a 14-year-old Iraqi girl, Abeer K...
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