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Tuesday, May 04, 2004

Punishment

Dagger JAG (US Army JAG officer in Iraq)

...As for some of the questions regarding the detainee abuse case. I'm not involved, in any way, in the case so I haven't seen what evidence the government has against the accused. Don't know about how admissible the pictures will be or anything about their validity. Just what I've seen on the news.

I don't know what the soldiers are being charged with but, based on what I've seen, they are possibly facing multiple counts of assault and dereliction of duty. The max punishments will likely be dishonorable discharge, reduction to lowest enlisted grade, forfeiture of all pay and allowances and many, many years in prison. Now, the reality of this is that there will likely be pre-trial wrangling and deals made between the defense and prosecution that may reduce or change what the soldiers are charged with. I'd bet the reality is that they may face between 5 and 15 years in prison. But again, that's all just speculation.
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