By Associated Press
Fort Campbell, KY – A federal appeals panel has upheld the conviction of former Private First Class Steven Dale Green. Green is serving five consecutive life sentences after being found guilty of crimes committed while he was on active duty in Iraq. Three judges on the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday in Green's case. A federal district court jury in Paducah convicted Green in 2009 of sexually assaulting and killing a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and murdering three of her family members while serving with the 101st Airborne Division three years earlier. Green was discharged from the Army with a personality disorder in May 2006, before the full scope of the crime became known to the Army. He is being held in a federal prison in Tucson, Arizona.