Wait a minute....­..the others are getting maybe 7-13 years (probably less than 7)? They ALL participat­ed in this psychopath­ic murder/ rape...wha­t the he!!????

I suppose that if it were my loved one killed I would want the death penalty for the person who committed the crime. However something about punishing someone with the death penalty seems to be no better then the criminal that committed such horrible acts. I feel that it is stooping to their level to act with the same calusness, and hatred. The death penalty is not a detourant in most crimes, people continue to kill without caring much about this law. However Europe is a bit too strict with no death penatly because people know they can get away with horrible things and not get killed for it. So I am personally torn in my opinion of the death penalty, but lean more towards it is not a good idea. I personally think that you should let these horrible monsters sit in a prison cell forever and suffer, let them think about the bad things they have done and let their demons consume them. Hopefully they are smart enough to realise that poor desicions and choices in life ruined not only the lives of their victims but their own.

I am in no way defending Green or the others involved in this case. I am simply saying that their mental health should be monitored better in a war zone, they should be sane enough and watched closely enough that things like this never happen. Some troops get so stressed out that they freak out on all people that fit anything that to them may resemble the "enemy" in their minds, we can see this in some "shell shocked" Vietnam vets. There should be some medical leave for troops that display any unusual traits in their personalit­y that can cause them to harm themselves or others. This is a shame. I also a think that a 27 month sentance for Howard, the lookout is not enough time. This man was sent to a country to be honorable and help the Iraqi people, but instead he assisted in the horrible murders of an entire Iraqi family by guarding the post so to speak and did nothing to stop them, he did not allert higher military officials, he did not decline involvment­, he is just as much at fault as the rapist murderers in this case. As for the death penalty issue, that is another can of worms. While the death penalty is favored by Islamic countries, Iraq being the one since their citizens were killed in this case, and the US, the death penatly as a whole is something that does not sit too well with me.

This case is attrocious­. Many things need to be addressed in cases like these. The first issue I think is that the soldiers involved should be tried in a Military court and not a civilian court. The crimes were commited while fighting a war in another country as US military personel. I can think of other crimes committed in the states that were tried in military courts because the parties involved were in the military. Military law is much stricter and the punishment­s are much harsher, therefor I feel that the crime suits the method of trial as well as the punishment­. This was not a civilian crime and should not be judged as one. The second issue is the insanity issue. Green may be "Sane" according to medical records, but some people use the temporary insaniyt plea to their benefit and the terms that define temporary insanity seem to be applicable in this scenario. PTSD is a serious problem as well with the troops in both Iraq and Afghanista­n, they need to recieve better care for ptsd and not have that medical condition either ignored or documented as a lesser illness, which is often the case in order to reduce the amount of money that is dispursed to wounded (mental and physical) troops.

Maybe they should to him what was done to "Alex" on the movie, "A Clockwork Orange". Give him a chance at freedom if goes through a radical behavioral experiment­al reform program that makes him physically ill at the thought of violence.

all of this because a man named Bush wanted a preemptive war on a country that had never threatened us

war = uncivilize­d behavior

my heart goes out to both families they have both been ruined because of a man named BUSH

and We the People concern ourselves with same-sex marriage..­..

Know what the fitting punishment would be? More mercy and humanity than he ever showed his victims. By all means get this man off the streets for life, he's a danger to himself and everyone around him. Death, however, is too swift. Give him treatment, treat him humanely, and rehabilita­te him until he is a good man again. Then let him reflect on his crimes for every day of his life, and live with the anguish and regret for every single day that he's alive. Let him realize he can't take any of it back, no matter how he might wish it to the core of his being, even if he wishes he could give his life to undo what he's done. I hope he heals and lives a long, long life regretting that night and the choices he made.

I'm against the death penalty even in heinous crimes such as this; it should be life without any chance of parole. However, it does bother me that, if this is the outcome, he might become some kind of icon for far-right "brotherho­ods" inside the jail.

The best solution, in my mind, is for him to serve a life sentence in Iraq - let he spend the rest of his natural life looking over his shoulder.

Death is too good for these murderers. No punishment can suffice this crime against humanity.

I really hope he gets the death penalty, this family deserves justice.

any reason that Iraq cannot extradite them and put them on trial?