If the crime is big enough...

US ex-soldier guilty of Iraq rape

A jury in the US state of Kentucky has found a former private soldier guilty of the rape of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and the killing of her and her family. Steven Green, 24, faces a possible death sentence for his crimes.

Meanwhile an accomplice to the rape of an entire country was NOT facing the death penalty: Tony Blair has become the most expensive public speaker in the world, with his earnings since leaving Downing Street thought to have topped £12 million