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Abu Ghraib abuser gets 10 years
US soldier Charles Graner was sentenced today to 10 years' jail and a dishonorable discharge from the army for beating and sexually abusing prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.A 10-man military jury delivered the sentence one day after convicting Graner over the abuse scandal that caused worldwide outrage and tarnished the reputation of US troops in Iraq. The 36-year-old military policeman was seen as the ringleader of the abuses that involved beating prisoners, piling them up naked on top of each other and forcing them to masturbate. In his court martial at the Fort Hood army base in Texas, Graner argued he was following orders to "soften up" prisoners for interrogation, but the prosecution portrayed him as a "depraved" thug who beat and humiliated detainees for sport. Posted by: tipper 2005-01-15 |
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