Prisoner abuse trials moving to Fort Hood (Abu Ghraib)

[Judi Lynn]

Posted on Wed, Nov. 10, 2004

Prisoner abuse trials moving to Fort Hood

Associated Press


BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. military announced Thursday that the courts martial of three Army Reservists charged with abusing Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison will be transferred from Baghdad to Fort Hood, Texas.

The trials of Sgt. Javal Davis, Spc. Sabrina Harman and Spc. Charles Graner Jr., had been set to begin next year in Baghdad.

No reason was given for the decision to move the trials to the United States. Lawyers for the accused had been pressing for a change of venue for months, in part because of problems bringing witnesses and attorneys to one of the world's most dangerous cities.

The statement said Graner's trial would begin Jan. 7 but gave no dates for the others.

The Abu Ghraib scandal erupted last spring when photos became public, causing worldwide outrage about the physical abuse and sexual humiliation of inmates. Most of those charged were in Iraq with the 372nd Military Police Company, based in Cresaptown, Maryland.
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