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Iraq
Lynndie England Convicted of Prisoner Abuse Charges
2005-09-26
Army Pfc. Lynndie England, whose smiling poses in photos of detainee abuse at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison made her the face of the scandal, was convicted Monday by a military jury on six of seven counts. England, 22, was found guilty of one count of conspiracy, four counts of maltreating detainees and one count of committing an indecent act. She was acquitted on a second conspiracy count.
The jury of five male Army officers took about two hours to reach its verdict. Her case now moves into the sentencing phase, which will determined by the same jury. She faces a maximum 10 years in prison.
Fort Leavenworth is lovely this time of year.

England's trial is the last for a group of nine Army reservists charged with mistreating prisoners at Abu Ghraib in Iraq. Two others were convicted in trials and the remaining six made plea deals. Several of those soldiers testified at England's trial.
Posted by:Steve

#6  ""Never take pictures of your crime-in-progress""

The illegitimate baby was hard to deny too. In all of this, that baby is the ONLY one I feel sorry for.
Posted by: Dave   2005-09-26 21:26  

#5  Yeah.

"Never take pictures of your crime-in-progress", hon. Repeat it 1,000,000 times.
Posted by: mojo   2005-09-26 19:43  

#4  DD, time served. Don't let it hit you on the ass.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2005-09-26 19:31  

#3  Bad move Lyndie, never should have turned down the offer for a lesser sentence. She will get an appeal because her lawyer is clearly stupid. But by that time she will have had a few months in the brig. She would not have gotten better treatment in a General Courts Martial, even if she had enlisted on the panel. Everyone in uniform hates these yahoos for making their job in the middle east that much harder. I will be surprised if she doesn't get close to the max sentence.
Posted by: Cyber Sarge   2005-09-26 18:18  

#2  The jury of five male Army officers

Must have been a Special Courts Martial rather than a General Courts Martial. Wonder why? Lesser penalties? England could have requested a General instead, but took the Special, maybe she already anticipated the outcome.

Fort Leavenworth is lovely this time of year.

So, so. Its that seasonal change period that is accompanied by the potential for tornados. Sort of nasty when you watch the clouds building strength above the Missouri sucking water out of the river. Most of the time, they usually just drift towards North Kansas City and the trailer parks. Unfortunately, by the time they process her through classification, it'll be too late to issue her a orange jumpsuit to join the grounds keeping teams from the USDB to police all that nice fall leaf collection.
Posted by: Elmereng Pheating4146   2005-09-26 17:43  

#1  Too bad, so sad.
Posted by: Seafarious   2005-09-26 16:50  

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