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Army Spc. Charles Graner got ten years for his role in the prison abuse at Abu Ghraib.(The Week)(Brief Article)

National Review

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* Army Spc. Charles Graner got ten years for his role in the prison abuse at Abu Ghraib. His defense rested on the argument that he was acting under orders when he sexually humiliated and beat Iraqi prisoners. He tried to produce witnesses to this effect, but almost all of them ultimately testified that Graner was just amusing himself. E-mails from Graner produced at the trial showed his reveling in, and bragging about, the pain he inflicted on the Iraqis. It is still possible that intelligence officers ...

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