Posted on 02/22/2007 8:06:21 PM PST by ReignOfError
FORT CAMPBELL, Kentucky (AP) -- A U.S. soldier was sentenced to 100 years in prison Thursday for the gang rape and murder of an Iraqi girl and the killing of her family last year.
Sgt. Paul E. Cortez, 24, also was given a dishonorable discharge. He will be eligible for parole in 10 years under the terms of his plea agreement.
Cortez, of Barstow, California, pleaded guilty this week to four counts of felony murder, rape and conspiracy to rape in a case considered among the worst atrocities by U.S. military personnel in Iraq.
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Sentenced to 100 years and maybe out in 10? Do I have that right?
If the guy really did this I think he should have been executed. What's up with the sentence of 100 years?
I read it the same as you...we surely can't be reading it right...or it isn't written correctly.
That will be hard under the circumstances. People like that play right into enemy hands and undo hard won goodwill.
But he'd better never get so much as a parking ticket for the rest of his life.
I gave these guys every benefit of the doubt. I said at the time, if indeed thay are guilty, they should be shot. That is still my view.
People like this are the enemy. He would have been perfectly suited working for Saddam.
They imply all kinds of atrocities lying around all over the place. CNN and the rest of the MSM are not worthy of this nation, and certainly not worthy of the blood shed to keep their favored position intact.
I hate the liberal, dem major media.
This scumbag should be executed by firing squad. Period.
And this guy doesn't get the rope why?
If he'd committed the crime in Vermont, he would have gotten 8 hours of community service and a pint of Ben & Jerry's.
Eligibe for a parole review in 10 years. I doubt he will be given parole. He has brought discredit to the US Army and himself. He deserves to rot
He has undone the work of a lot of good people. Send him to Sadammnnn
Probably. Congress has given courts-martial more leeway in parole decisions than they've given civilian courts. Keeping in mind that parole eligibility isn't parole; unless his conviction is overturned, Cortez is unlikely to leave until he's so old and decrepit that the Feds would rather have someone else pick up his medical expenses.
I agree.
He'll be one of the lifers in Leavenworth.
Interesting bunch according to an old friend of mine.
JAG usually wants convictions badly for this kind of thing. It is a way to pacify the natives.
If he is guilty, it's too light. If he isn't and was railroaded, this is a travesty. It makes me wonder about the evidence if the prosecution thinks 10 years is a good deal.
Execution would be fair punishment.
You hope he'll be out in 10 for rape and murder and making our military and country appear as barbarians?
This man is not my hero
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