Abu Ghraib Soldier Faces Court-Martial on Seven Charges
By John D. Banusiewicz
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 14, 2004 – Another U.S. soldier faces a
general court-martial in connection with abuse of prisoners
at the Abu Ghraib prison, military officials announced
today at a Baghdad news conference.
Spc. Charles A. Graner will be arraigned May 20 on seven
charges, said Army Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, deputy
operations director for Combined Joint Task Force 7.
Graner faces trial for conspiracy to maltreat detainees,
dereliction of duty for willfully failing to protect
detainees from abuse, cruelty and maltreatment,
maltreatment of detainees, assaulting detainees, committing
indecent acts, adultery, and obstruction of justice,
Kimmitt said.
He will be arraigned along with two previously charged
noncommissioned officers, Sgt. Jarval S. Davis and Staff
Sgt. Ivan L. Frederick II, who face five charges each.
The court-martial of another previously charged soldier,
Spc. Jeremy C. Sivits, is scheduled to begin May 19.
Sivits faces three charges.
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