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Graner and Frederick tried to convince me to get into the picture with this guy. I didn't want to, but they were really persistent about it. At the time I didn't think that it was something that needed to be documented but I followed Graner. I did everything he wanted me to do. I didn't want to lose
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on the grounds that he could not accept England's plea of guilty to a charge of conspiring with Graner to maltreat detainees because Graner had testified that he believed that, in placing a tether around a naked detainee's neck and asking England to pose for a photograph with him, he was documenting
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includes an interview in which England confirms that several of the infamous pictures were taken "after midnight", meaning on her 21st birthday (01:14:58 to 01:15:20), and images putting the pictures at 23:16 on 7 November (01:16:15 to 01:16:40). Although there is disparity as to date, this appears
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that have not been publicly released. There has been considerable speculation as to the contents of these photos. In a March 2008 interview, England stated in response to a question about these unreleased pictures, "You see the dogs biting the prisoners. Or you see bite marks from the dogs. You can
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On April 30, 2005, England agreed to plead guilty to four counts of maltreating prisoners, two counts of conspiracy, and one count of dereliction of duty. In exchange, prosecutors would have dropped two other charges, committing indecent acts and failure to obey a lawful order. This plea deal would
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In 2012, following her release, she stated that she did not regret her actions. "Their (Iraqis') lives are better. They got the better end of the deal," she said. "They weren't innocent. They're trying to kill us, and you want me to apologize to them? It's like saying sorry to the enemy."
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At the time I thought, I love this man , I trust this man with my life, okay, then he's saying, well, there's seven of them and it's such an enclosed area and it'll keep them together and contained because they have to concentrate on staying up on the pyramid instead of doing something to
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during her junior year of high school and married a co-worker in 2002, but they later divorced. England also wished to earn money for college, so that she could become a storm chaser. She was also a member of the
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Friday, England family attorney Roy T. Hardy of Keyser confirmed England had been paroled March 1 after serving approximately half of her sentence at a military prison located near San Diego.
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on March 1, 2007, after serving 521 days, less than 17 months. She remained on parole through September 2008 until her three-year sentence was complete, whereupon she was discharged.
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a legitimate use of force. Graner was convicted on all charges and sentenced to 10 years in prison. At her retrial, England was convicted on September 26, 2005, of one count of
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If the media hadn't exposed the pictures to that extent, then thousands of lives would have been saved ... Yeah, I took the photos but I didn't make it worldwide.
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have reduced her maximum sentence from 16 years to 11 years had it been accepted by the military judge. In May 2005, however, Military Judge Colonel
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in March 2003 to perform guard duties. Along with other soldiers, she was investigated in late 2003 for mistreatment of Iraqi
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Tucker, Bruce; Triantafyllos, Sia (2008). "Lynndie England, Abu Ghraib, and the New Imperialism".
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England forcing an inmate, known to the guards as "Gus", to crawl and bark like a dog on a leash.
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Asked about the picture of her posing with Graner in front of a pyramid of naked men, she said:
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In a May 11, 2004, interview with the Denver CBS owned-and-operated television station
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Tortured: Lynndie England, Abu Ghraib and the Photographs that Shocked the World
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England was engaged to fellow reservist and Abu Ghraib prison guard
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England mobilized with her Army Reserve unit and was stationed in
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see MPs holding down a prisoner so a medic can give him a shot."
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England poses in front of a detainee being forced to masturbate.
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Asked about the picture showing her pointing at a man forced to
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have reportedly reviewed additional photographs supplied by the
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after photographs came to light showing prisoners being abused.
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soldier who was prosecuted for mistreating detainees during the
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United States Army soldier convicted of abusing Iraqi prisoners
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volunteer recreation board. In July 2009, England released
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Detainees were placed into a human pyramid. England and
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that the media was to blame for the consequences of the
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Nestel, M.L. (19 March 2012). "Abu Ghraib's Grasp".
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Index

Lynndie

Ashland, Kentucky
Frankfort High School
Charles Graner
Conviction(s)
Maltreating detainees
Conspiracy to maltreat detainees
Committing an indecent act
United States
Army
Private
372nd Military Police Company
Global War on Terrorism
Iraq War
United States Army Reserve
Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse
Abu Ghraib prison
Baghdad
Iraq War
372nd Military Police Company
war crimes
dishonorable discharge
parole
Ashland, Kentucky
Fort Ashby, West Virginia
Cumberland, Maryland
storm chaser
selective mutism
anxiety disorder

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