First prison abuse court-martial date is set

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24-year-old MP to stand trial in Baghdad on May 19The Associated Press
Updated: 3:01 p.m. ET May 09, 2004BAGHDAD, Iraq -

A 24-year-old U.S. military policeman will be the first soldier to face a court-martial in connection with the abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison, the military said Sunday.

Spc. Jeremy C. Sivits of Hyndman, Pa., a member of the 372nd Military Police Company, will stand trial in Baghdad on May 19, Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt said.

Sivits is believed to have taken some of the photos that triggered the worldwide scandal over America’s treatment of Iraqi prisoners. His father, Daniel Sivits, said last month that his son “was told to take a picture and he did what he was told.”

Sivits has been charged with conspiracy to mistreat subordinates and detainees, dereliction of duty for negligently failing to protect prisoners from abuse, and cruelty and mistreatment of detainees, Kimmitt said.

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4855930/

We have our first soldier to be court-martialed coming right up on May 19th. The BFEE doesn't waste time do they?

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