Ex-GI may face death penalty

Federal prosecutors filed notice that they would seek the death penalty if former soldier Steven D. Green is convicted of killing an Iraqi family and raping a 14-year-old girl.

The notice, filed in U.S. District Court in Louisville, cites 12 alleged offenses related to the slayings, including that the deaths were premeditated, involved sexual abuse and were committed with a firearm.

Green, 22, a former 101st Airborne Division soldier, was indicted Nov. 1 in the rape and slayings. He will be tried in civilian court in Paducah because he was discharged before he was charged. No trial date was set.