Posted on 09/19/2005 4:02:38 PM PDT by proud_yank
SAN ANTONIO - Army Pfc. Lynndie England will abandon her earlier courtroom strategy and fight charges that she was a key participant in prisoner abuse by guards at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, her lawyer said. The 22-year-old reservist, made infamous by a series of graphic photos taken inside Abu Ghraib, goes on trial Tuesday at Fort Hood, Texas, on seven counts of mistreating prisoners.
She will be the last of a group of junior enlisted soldiers charged with Abu Ghraib abuses to have their cases resolved. Two have been convicted at trial, while six others made plea deals and received prison sentences of up to eight years. Three months after England's attempt at a plea agreement fell apart, her lead defense lawyer, Capt. Jonathan Crisp, said, There's not going to be a deal. Crisp said he plans to base much of his defense on England's history of mental health problems that date back to her childhood. He said he also will focus on the influence exerted over England by Pvt. Charles Graner, the reputed abuse ringleader. Graner, believed to have fathered England's young son while they were deployed, is serving a 10-year sentence after being convicted at trial in January.
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I expect defense counsel will keep her on a short leash.
The defense counsel might let her wing it somewhat to try and get her an insanity defense.
Didn't Larry Flint offer her a lay, err lay-out?
Makes sense. It's only about sex, right? What's the big deal? It depends on what the meaning of "is" is.
what happened to "death before dishonor"? Just take it already.
No pictures, please.
Looks like somebody's hoping that shit will roll uphill...
She isnt really fighting the charges , she is just saying she was too stupid or incompetent to be responsible.
Thats a long way from fighting the charges.
THAT works for me.
This whole thing has been so blown out of proportion that the charges should be dropoped, the others should be pardoned and Cindy Sheehan should be sent to finish her son's tour of duty.
Amen to that. Memo to would-be criminals: Leave the camera at home.
Or, as a district magistrate told me many years ago, "If stupidity were against the law, you'd be in serious trouble".
Come on now,we have to have that cute doggie picture.
This has been much ado about nothing. And what angers me is that my tax money has gone into this circus. This whole thing could have been solved behind closed doors.
No prisoner got his head chopped off.
Will the chief judge have the bailiffs issued with rolled-up newspapers?
She should have decapitated them them with a pocket knife like the enemy does/sar
Good for her. Nothing to be ashamed of. Want to put someone in jail? Her name is former "General" (how many battles has she been in?) Janice Karpinsky. She is solely responsible for the unprofessional behavior of the prison staff,
"There will always be an England."
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