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  • Sivits pleads guilty in Iraq abuse trial(1 year prison, reduction in rank, Bad conduct Discharge)

    05/19/2004 3:09:06 AM PDT · by kattracks · 118 replies · 207+ views
    AP | 5/19/04
    BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Spc. Jeremy C. Sivits pleaded guilty Wednesday to three counts of abuse in the first court-martial stemming from abuse of Iraqi prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison. Sivits was charged with maltreatment of detainees, dereliction of duty for failing to protect detainees from abuse, cruelty and maltreatment and maltreating one prisoner by escorting him "to be positioned in a pile on the floor to be assaulted by other soldiers." Capt. Scott Dunn, Sivits' lawyer, entered the plea on his behalf and expressed concern about the huge media coverage of the trial, asking "can you make a...