Soldier gets 110 years for his role in rape/murder of Iraqi girl and her family

[disciple]

FORT CAMPBELL, Kentucky (AP) -- A soldier convicted of rape and murder in an attack on an Iraqi teenager and her family was sentenced Saturday to 110 years in prison.
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The military says Pfc. Jesse Spielman will also be reduced in rank and be dishonorably discharged.

The sentence was part of a plea agreement attorneys for Pfc. Jesse Spielman had made with prosecutors.

It set the number of years he could serve in prison, regardless of the jury's recommendation.

The jury had recommended life with parole, a sentence under which he would have to wait longer for the possibility of parole. He will be eligible for parole after 10 years.

Spielman was convicted late Friday of rape, conspiracy to commit rape, housebreaking with intent to rape and four counts of felony murder.

Military prosecutors did not say Spielman took part in the rape or murders but alleged that he went to the house knowing what the others intended to do and served as a lookout.

Spielman, 23, of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, received the longest sentence of four soldiers who have been convicted. Three other soldiers pleaded guilty under agreements with prosecutors for their roles in the assault and were given sentences ranging from five to 100 years.

Spielman's grandmother, Nancy Hess, collapsed outside the courtroom after the verdict was read; prosecutor Maj. William Fischbach ran to her side and called 911. Soldiers in Spielman's unit fanned the woman with napkins.

Spielman's sister, Paige Gerlach, screamed: "I hate the government. You people put him [in Iraq] and now, this happened."

Defense attorneys left immediately after the verdict was returned and could not be reached for comment.

Spielman had pleaded guilty on Monday to lesser charges of conspiracy to obstructing justice, arson, wrongfully touching a corpse and drinking. The 110-year sentence encompasses those crimes, too.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/04/army.rape.slaying.ap/index.html

[New Era Outlaw]

Serves him right. Believe you me, I read the accounts of what he did, and that was just plain sick. I hope he gets stabbed to death in prison with a rusty, rolled up newspaper.

[TheApprentice]

^agreed

[W1nTry]

Serves him right. Believe you me, I read the accounts of what he did, and that was just plain sick. I hope he gets stabbed to death in prison with a rusty, rolled up newspaper.

Feh, I hope he gets a daily enama with a rusty Soup Ladle every morning and evening in between his daily b@lls stomping and his nightly face toilet scrubbing.