Charles Graner was found guilty by of abusing prisoners in Abu Ghraib prison:
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - Army Spc. Charles Graner Jr., the reputed ringleader of a band of rogue guards at the Abu Ghraib prison, was convicted Friday of abusing Iraqi detainees in a case that sparked international outrage when photographs were released that showed reservists gleefully abusing prisoners.
Graner, the first soldier to be tried on charges arising from the scandal, was convicted of all five charges and faces up to 17 1/2 years behind bars.
The jury took less than five hours to reach the verdict.
The verdict came after a 4 1/2-day trial in which prosecutors depicted Graner as a sadistic soldier who took great pleasure in seeing detainees suffer. He was accused of stacking naked prisoners in a human pyramid and later ordering them to masturbate while other soldiers took photographs. He also allegedly punched one man in the head hard enough to knock him out, and struck an injured prisoner with a collapsible metal stick.
This is one sick bastard who deserves anything that comes to him. He put the military in general and the Army in particular in a bad situation at a very crucial time. Have a good time at Leavenworth Chucky. Civilians don't really understand what it means to have a jury of--not your peers--but proud officers and enlisted personnel who despise anyone who disgraces the uniform.
Friday, January 14, 2005
Great, Now I Don't Have to Watch Him Disgrace The Uniform
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