90 years for US soldier in Iraq rape and murder case

A soldier was sentenced to 90 years in prison with the possibility of parole in 20 years for conspiring to rape a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and kill her and her family.

Spc. James Barker, one of four soldiers at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, accused over the March 12 rape of Abeer Qassim al-Janabi and the killings, pleaded guilty on Wednesday and agreed to testify against the others to avoid the death penalty.