www射-国产免费一级-欧美福利-亚洲成人福利-成人一区在线观看-亚州成人

  Home>News Center>World
         
 

Harman guilty on 6 Abu Ghraib abuse counts
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-05-17 15:56

The military jury that convicted Spc. Sabrina Harman of taking part in detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib prison now must decide how harshly to punish her.

Harman, 27, was found guilty late Monday on six of the seven charges she faced for her role in the mistreatment of Iraqi inmates in late 2003.

A hearing to determine her sentence was set to begin Tuesday morning. She faces up to 5 1/2 years in prison.

Harman guilty on 6 Abu Ghraib abuse counts
Sabrina Harman, pictured arriving for the first day of her court-martial 11 May, the US military policewoman behind some of the most ghastly photographs from Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison was found guilty of severely abusing inmates and failing to carry out her army duties, a spokesman for the military said. [AFP]
The jury of four Army officers and four senior enlisted soldiers deliberated less than four hours before convicting Harman on one count of conspiracy to maltreat detainees, four counts of maltreating detainees and one count of dereliction of duty.

She was acquitted of allegedly photographing a group of Iraqi prisoners forced to masturbate in public by Abu Ghraib guards. One of Harman's co-defendants testified last week that she was not present when that incident occurred.

The Army reservist showed no reaction when the verdicts were read. She left the Fort Hood courthouse without speaking to reporters.

Harman, a former pizza shop manager from Lorton, Va., appeared in several of the most notorious photos taken at Abu Ghraib, and she was found guilty of taking other pictures.

The photos showed prisoners chained together in sexual poses, piled on the floor naked and forced to form a nude human pyramid.

In one picture, Harman posed with Graner behind a group of naked detainees. In another, she was shown with a prisoner on whose leg she is accused of writing "rapeist."

In closing arguments Monday, prosecutors said Harman and other guards conspired to physically hurt and sexually humiliate the prisoners under their watch.

"They were all acting together for their own amusement," Capt. Chris Graveline said. "There was no justification for what they did that night."

Graveline said the group took pictures of what they were doing "so they could remember that night, so they could laugh again at these men. ... There's nothing funny about what happened at Abu Ghraib."

Defense lawyer Frank Spinner said Harman was a novice soldier who received virtually no training before going to work at the chaotic and overcrowded prison as part of the Maryland-based 372nd Military Police Company.

"Shame on the Army for putting an ill-equipped, ill-trained junior specialist in a position where she had to challenge her (enlisted) leadership to do the right thing," he said. "This is not one of the Army's finest moments."

The final witness was Kelly Bryant, Harman's roommate in Virginia, who read part of a letter Harman wrote home in late October 2003.

In the letter, Harman said she took pictures of detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib because she was opposed to the treatment and wanted to document the wrongdoing.

"At first I thought it was funny, but these people are going too far," Harman wrote. "Kelly, it's awful. I thought I could handle anything, but I was wrong."

Harman wrote that her initial amusement at how detainees were sexually mistreated gave way to the realization that her fellow soldiers were engaged in illegal activity.

"It hit me it was a form of molestation — you can't do that," she wrote. "What if that was me in their shoes?"

Six co-defendants have made plea bargains. The reputed ringleader, Pvt. Charles Graner Jr., was convicted in January and is now serving a 10-year sentence in an Army prison.

Pfc. Lynndie England, the most recognizable Abu Ghraib defendant, also reached a plea deal, but it was thrown out after Graner's testimony contradicted England's assertion that she knew her actions were wrong.

Also on Monday, the Army soldier who blew the whistle on the scandal received an award that recognizes acts of political courage.

Spc. Joseph Darby received a special John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage award at a ceremony in Boston. Darby was the first to report the prisoner abuse, turning over photos to officials.

The award is named after President Kennedy's 1957 Pulitzer Prize-winning book.



USS Park Royal crew await for Rice
Coffin of Milosevic flew to Belgrade
Kidnapping spree in Gaza Strip
 
  Today's Top News     Top World News
 

Australia, US, Japan praise China for Asia engagement

 

   
 

Banker: China doing its best on flexible yuan

 

   
 

Hopes high for oil pipeline deal

 

   
 

Possibilities of bird flu outbreaks reduced

 

   
 

Milosevic buried after emotional farewell

 

   
 

China considers trade contracts in India

 

   
  Journalist's alleged killers held in Iraq
   
  No poisons found in Milosevic's body
   
  US, Britain, France upbeat on Iran agreement
   
  Fatah officials call for Abbas to resign
   
  Sectarian violence increases in Iraq
   
  US support for troops in Iraq hits new low
   
 
  Go to Another Section  
 
 
  Story Tools  
   
Manufacturers, Exporters, Wholesalers - Global trade starts here.
Advertisement
         
主站蜘蛛池模板: 久久久久国产精品免费看 | 免费人成观看在线网 | 精品国产无限资源免费观看 | 国产成人免费片在线视频观看 | 精品久久中文网址 | 国产三级毛片视频 | 亚洲综合无码一区二区 | 99在线国产 | 在线视频观看国产 | 亚洲美女视频在线 | 中文字幕成人 | 亚洲乱人伦精品图片 | 国产最爽的乱淫视频国语对 | 成人影院午夜久久影院 | 亚洲成人在线视频播放 | 香港三级日本三级人妇三级四 | 一级不卡毛片免费 | 老头巨大粗长xxxxx | 九九色网| 久在线播放 | 国产一区二区三区视频在线观看 | 欧美一级高清视频在线播放 | 日韩性网| 免费播放毛片 | 久草手机在线观看视频 | 日本在线亚州精品视频在线 | 亚洲二三区 | 欧美日韩在线视频播放 | 一级毛片免费观看不卡的 | 黄色片日本人 | 亚洲国产国产综合一区首页 | 国产区更新 | 天天拍拍夜夜出水 | 白白在线观看永久免费视频 | 一级毛片一级毛片a毛片欧美 | 91精品久久国产青草 | 成人综合影院 | 成人精品一区二区久久久 | 成人午夜在线观看 | 日本一区二区在线 | 精品在线免费观看 |