Soldier Draws 110 Years for Rape, Murder

Coconspirators handed tough sentences for young girl's death

By Sam Biddle, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 5, 2007 9:00 AM CDT

(Newser) – A military court handed Jesse Spielman a dishonorable discharge and a 110-year prison sentence for raping and murdering an Iraqi girl last year. Spielman and four comrades planned the 2006 assault on a family near Baghdad over a drunken game of cards; they then gang-raped... Read full story »

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