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05/04/2005:

"Judge Throws Out England's Guilty Plea"

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - A military judge on Wednesday threw out Pfc. Lynndie England's guilty plea to prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib, saying he was not convinced that she knew her actions were wrong at the time.

Col. James Pohl entered a plea of not guilty for England to a charge of conspiring with Pvt. Charles Graner Jr. to maltreat detainees at the Baghdad-area prison.

The mistrial for the 22-year-old reservist, who appeared in some of the most notorious photographs from the 2003 abuse scandal, kicks the case back to the military equivalent of a grand jury proceeding.

The action came after Graner, the reputed ringleader of the abuse, testified as a defense witness at England's sentencing hearing that pictures he took of England holding a naked prisoner on a leash at Abu Ghraib were meant to be used as a legitimate training aid for other guards.
Full: apnews.myway.com
a real testament to the calibre of the American soldier

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Thursday, May 5th, mic check posted:

It should be clear as a bell to everyone at this point that NO LAW is holding the U.S. accountable for its acta. For all intents and purposes, it is ABOVE THE LAW.

There is no justice, there's just us.