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Two Abu Ghraib Prosecutions Resolved

By TChris, Section War on Terror
Posted on Wed Feb 02, 2005 at 08:06:41 AM EST
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Sgt. Javal S. Davis entered guilty pleas yesterday to several charges surrounding his abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib.

Sergeant Davis ... admitted Tuesday that he had stepped on the hands and feet of some of the seven detainees brought into his prison section for punishment after a disturbance in November 2003. He said he also fell with full weight on top of them.

Although Davis entered into a plea agreement, it isn't yet clear whether he obtained the deal he was seeking: a cap on his possible sentence at 18 months.

Also on Tuesday, Specialist Roman Krol was sentenced to 10 months after admitting to "pouring water on the naked detainees in October 2003, forcing them to crawl around the prison and throwing a foam football at the prisoners while they were handcuffed on the floor."

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    Two Abu Ghraib Prosecutions Resolved | 3 comments (3 topical)
    Re: Two Abu Ghraib Prosecutions Resolved (none / 0) (#1)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Feb 02, 2005 at 10:46:50 AM EST
    Cover-up and more lies, and we all know who order that don't we? Stop prison rape put Bush in Abu Ghraib. release the troops from our prisons. We will fight for freedom? for who? mexico? china? business dealings? government CIA DRUG Dealers? yes fight for freedom here the old way. remember it was once your country not the country of "one world"

    Re: Two Abu Ghraib Prosecutions Resolved (none / 0) (#2)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Feb 02, 2005 at 10:47:36 AM EST
    re Krol: Was the water boiling? was the ground glass covered or something? It doesn't sound like Krol hurt anyone or actually tortured anyone. And I don't necessarily oppose humiliation; let's face it, humiliation has always been a tool of interrogation and always will be.

    Re: Two Abu Ghraib Prosecutions Resolved (none / 0) (#3)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Feb 02, 2005 at 11:51:37 AM EST
    They are prosecuting those 'not authorized' to torture. When will they prosecute the guys who were in that back room actually doing the worst torture? Not one of the 'authorized' torturers [cia, mi, mercs] is being brought to trial. Not one.

    Two Abu Ghraib Prosecutions Resolved | 3 comments (3 topical)