Abu Ghraib Spc.: Abuse 'Awful'
Defense Presents Brief Case In Trial Of Sabrina Harman
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Spc. Sabrina D. Harman arrives at the courthouse in Fort Hood, Texas, Monday, May 16, 2005. Harman is facing charges in connection with prisoner abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. (AP)
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In this undated photo, obtained by ABC News from Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, Spc. Sabrina Harman poses with a dead Iraqi packed in ice. (AP / ABC News)
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Defense lawyer Frank Spinner doesn't dispute that Harman took and appeared in several of the Abu Ghraib photos but contends the images don't tell the whole story of what went on inside the Baghdad-area prison.
He said Harman was a novice soldier who had no prison guard experience and who received virtually no training before going to work at the chaotic and overcrowded prison as part of the 372nd Military Police Company, based in Maryland.
Six co-defendants in the Abu Ghraib case have made plea bargains. Graner was convicted in January and is now serving a 10-year sentence in an Army prison.
Pfc. Lynndie England, the most recognizable Abu Ghraib defendant, also reached a plea deal but the judge threw it out in early May after Graner's testimony contradicted England's assertion that she knew her actions were wrong.
By T.A. Badger
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