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	USATODAY.com - Graner sentenced to 10 years in military prison (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Charles Graner Jr., who grinned in photos of Iraqi prisoners being sexually humiliated but told jurors, "I didn't enjoy what I did there," was sentenced Saturday to 10 years behind bars in the first court-martial stemming from the Abu Ghraib prison scandal.
		Graner did not testify during his trial, but during the sentencing phase Saturday he took the witness stand to repeat the defense claim that the jury clearly rejected: that he had been ordered by intelligence agents at Abu Ghraib to abuse the prisoners to make them easier to interrogate.
		Graner, a 36-year-old reservist from Uniontown, Pa., spoke for nearly three hours as an "unsworn statement," meaning he was not subject to cross-examination by prosecutors.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2005-01-14-graner_x.htm (1072 words)

	Charles Graner - Gurupedia
		Charles A. Graner (born 1968) is a U.S. army reservist and one of several soldiers charged by the U.S. Army in connection with the 2003-2004 Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal during and after the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
		Graner was born and spent his early life in a two-story house on Skyvue Drive atop a hill in the town of Whitehall, a suburb six miles south of downtown Pittsburgh,
		Graner was fired from his job in July 2000 for walking off the job and not working a mandatory overtime shift on June 16.
	www.gurupedia.com /c/ch/charles_graner.htm (3007 words)

	Anai Rhoads: Timeline: Army Spc. Charles Graner
		Graner's history of abuse did not suddenly surface in 2003 when he orchestrated the abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison, but rather was part of a long, disappointing list.
		Graner, with the help of other guards, took out their revenge on one of the inmates who filed the report by putting a razor blade in the man's food.
		England was adamant that Graner "forced" her to pose with the prisoners, which is later found to be untrue as the couple amused themselves at the expense of the Iraqi men.
	www.anairhoads.org /politics/graner.shtml (766 words)

	WVA News: Charles Graner convicted of Abu - - The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register
		Charles Graner Jr., the reputed ringleader of a band of rogue guards at the Abu Ghraib prison, was convicted Friday of abusing Iraqi detainees in a case that sparked international outrage when photographs were released that showed reservists gleefully humiliating prisoners.
		Graner, the first soldier to be court-martialed in the scandal, was convicted of all five charges and faces up to 15 years behind bars.
		Graner's demeanor at the beginning of the trial was upbeat, telling reporters at one point, "Whatever happens is going to happen, but I still feel it's going to be on the positive side, and I'm going to have a smile on my face.'' As the trial wore on, his expressions grew more stoic.
	www.oweb.com /news/story/0116202005_newaGraner.asp (986 words)

	CNN.com - Abuse 'ringleader' awaits sentence - Jan 15, 2005
		Charles Graner is to take the stand Saturday to testify in the penalty phase of his court martial on charges of abusing detainees at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison, his attorney, Guy Womack, said.
		Friday evening, Graner's parents asked for mercy from the military jury which earlier in the day found their son guilty of nine of the 10 specifications, or counts, with which he was charged.
		Graner reportedly had a relationship with England, who is awaiting charges from the case, and reportedly fathered a baby with her.
	www.cnn.com /2005/LAW/01/14/graner.court.martial/index.html (899 words)

	U.S. Army SPC Charles Graner: Abu Ghraib Abuse Leader Found Guilty Aljazeera (Qatar) 14jan05
		Graner, 36, was convicted of conspiracy, assault, maltreating prisoners, dereliction of duty and committing indecent acts.
		The defense maintained that Graner, who was a corporal and has since been demoted, and the other low-ranking enlisted soldiers indicted in the case were scapegoats set up by the Army to deflect blame from senior offices in charge of the prison.
		Graner, who faces 17 1/2 years behind bars if he is convicted on the charges of conspiracy, maltreatment, assault, indecent acts and dereliction of duty, also had a sexual relationship with another member of the 372nd, Pfc.
	www.mindfully.org /Reform/2005/Abu-Ghraib-Graner14jan05.htm (2010 words)

	AP Story on Charles Graner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Graner was scheduled to return to his job as a Pennsylvania corrections officer in July, though his future in the same capacity is now unclear.
		Graner was hired in May 1996, two years before inmates at the maximum-security state prison in Greene County claimed in dozens of lawsuits that they were terrorized and beaten by guards in a widespread pattern of abuse.
		Graner is having a child with a U.S. Army reservist photographed humiliating Iraqi prisoners.
	www.pa-abolitionists.org /granerAP.html (578 words)

	Graner Gets 10 Years for Abuse at Abu Ghraib (washingtonpost.com)
		Graner spent 2 1/2 hours laying out an often harrowing tale of a chaotic, Dickensian prison where the rules of permissible conduct were constantly changing and most guards were young reservists with little or no training.
		Graner said the guards were told to "terrorize" the inmates to make it easier for CIA agents and military intelligence officers to question them.
		Graner was convicted of various specific acts of abuse, including knocking a blindfolded prisoner unconscious with a punch to the head, smashing an inmate's legs with a steel rod and forcing seven naked inmates to form a human pyramid.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A11973-2005Jan15.html (1312 words)

	CNN.com - Graner sentenced to 10 years for abuses - Jan 15, 2005
		Prosecutors accused Graner of being a ringleader in the physical abuse and sexual humiliation of prisoners that came to light when photos of apparent abuses were broadcast in the media in April 2004.
		Graner, from Uniontown, Pennsylvania, was the first to face trial of the seven military guards charged in connection with the abuses at Abu Ghraib.
		Graner reportedly had a relationship and fathered a baby with England, who is awaiting charges from the case.
	www.cnn.com /2005/LAW/01/15/graner.court.martial/index.html (952 words)

	USATODAY.com - Abuse scandal meets disbelief in hometowns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Charles Graner, 35, of Uniontown, Pa. - Former guard at a state prison in Greene County, Pa. An Army report on abuse at the prison quotes testimony from a witness who said he saw Graner hit prisoners who were stacked in a pile.
		Graner was a guard at a maximum-security state prison in Greene County, Pa. Zavada says Graner spent most of his time working, rotating shifts and collecting as much overtime as possible.
		Charles Graner was born and reared in Pittsburgh.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/iraq/2004-05-06-soldiers-usat_x.htm (2073 words)

	Iraqi prison scandal: Fayette reservist charged Cpl. Charles Graner faces court-martial on seven counts - Pittsburgh ...
		Charles A. Graner, 35, of Uniontown, became the latest member of the 372nd Military Police Company, based in Cumberland, Md., to face a court-martial.
		Graner is expected to be arraigned on the charges in Baghdad on Thursday, May 20, one day after military officials are scheduled to conduct a special court-martial hearing for Spc.
		Graner, who is divorced and the father of two children, reportedly is the boyfriend of another soldier implicated in the scandal, Spc.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/search/s_194292.html (966 words)

	Iraqi Prisoner Abuse Photos: Charles A. Graner Jr. : Indybay
		Charles A. Graner Jr., 35, of 52 Johnson Ave., Uniontown, who works as a state prison guard in civilian life, since 1997 has been accused three times of abusing his former wife, Staci, and their two children, according to Fayette County Court records.
		Graner, a corporal, is among six soldiers of the 372nd Military Police Co., based in Cumberland, Md., facing courts-martial in Iraq on criminal charges of dereliction of duty, cruelty and maltreatment, assault and indecent acts with another person for allegedly abusing prisoners at the Abu Ghraib Prison near Baghdad late last year.
		Graner - a guard at one of Pennsylvania's toughest state prisons, in Waynesburg - is among six soldiers from the Cresaptown, Md.-based 372d Military Police Company who faces a possible court-martial in connection with the abuse of Iraqis detained at Abu Ghraib prison.
	www.indybay.org /newsitems/2004/05/07/16799851.php (1388 words)

	Abu Ghraib Court Martial, Graner
		Charles A. Graner, Jr., on Jan. 14, 2005, became the fifth U.S. soldier convicted for Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse, all of them reservists.
		Graner, a prison guard in civilian life, was convicted at a general court martial for maltreatment of persons subject to his orders, conspiracy, assault, indecent acts and dereliction of duty.
		The original charges alleged Graner jumped on a pile of detainees, impacting them with his shoulder or upper body, stomped on detainee fingers and toes with shod feet, punched a detainee in the temple hard enough to require medical attention, and struck a detainee with a type of metal rod, including on previously existing lesions.
	www.cdi.org /news/law/abu-ghraib-graner.cfm (2107 words)

	Lawyer: Iraqi Abuse Was Like Act of 'Cheerleaders'
		Graner was later demoted to that of specialist.
		The trial of Graner, a former Pennsylvania civilian prison guard who chatted and joked with his defense attorneys before the hearing opened, was expected to last at least a week.
		Graner, 36, faces up to 17 1/2 years in prison on charges that include mistreating detainees, dereliction of duty and assault.
	www.commondreams.org /headlines05/0110-11.htm (828 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Americas \| Profile: Charles Graner
		Charles Graner, accused of being the chief abuser of inmates at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, walked over to the press as he arrived for the first day of his trial.
		He remembered Graner as "a funny guy, outgoing and quick to crack a joke", and said he was shocked when the abuse allegations surfaced.
		Graner was found guilty of assault, conspiracy, maltreatment of detainees, committing indecent acts and dereliction of duty.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/4176885.stm (585 words)

	Charles Graner convicted of Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Graner merrily whistled, sang and laughed while brutalizing him, said Syrian prisoner Amin al-Sheikh, and forced him to eat pork and drink alcohol in violation of his Muslim faith.
		On Friday, Graner was convicted of abusing Iraqi detainees in a case that sparked international outrage and questions about whether the maltreatment stemmed from the actions of a rogue group of soldiers or orders from higher-ranking officials.
		Graner, the first soldier to be tried on charges arising from the scandal, was convicted of all five charges and faces up to 151/2 years behind bars.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2005/01/14/national1856EST0719.DTL (803 words)

	Records Paint Dark Portrait Of Guard (washingtonpost.com)
		Graner was born two years and 17 days before her and was raised 40 miles to the north, in a Pittsburgh suburb.
		Graner, who was variously described by fellow reservists as a good Marine and "a class clown," was changed, too, Bonner says, not only by the experience of being in a war but also by the unanswered phone calls home.
		The way Graner and others coped with what was going on in their imaginations was to joke around as much as possible, sometimes with each other, and sometimes with some of the prisoners.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A16832-2004Jun4.html (3353 words)

	Charles Graner's parents seeking partial custody of his children (phillyBurbs.com) \| Pennsylvania News
		Charles and Irma Graner maintain a Web site that parrots the defense their son used before he was sentenced to 10 years in a federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Ks.
		Military prosecutors painted Graner as the ringleader of the abuse of detainees at the now-infamous Iraqi prison.
		Graner, 36, was found guilty of five charges related to the abuse at a court-martial and was sentenced to federal prison in January.
	www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/103-08202005-530348.html (894 words)

	Graner Gets Ten Years, Faced Up To 15; Said Superiors Ordered His Abu Ghraib Actions - CBS News
		Graner, labeled the leader of a band of rogue guards at the Baghdad prison in late 2003, will be dishonorably discharged when his sentence is completed.
		Graner, a 36-year-old reservist from Pennsylvania, spoke for nearly three hours as an "unsworn statement," meaning he was not subject to cross-examination by prosecutors.
		Michael Holley, one of the prosecutors, said in his final statement that Graner was a disgrace to the military and urged the 10 jurors to send him to prison for the maximum sentence.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2005/01/10/iraq/main665758.shtml?CMP=ILC-SearchStories (1111 words)

	ABC News: Graner's Parents Have Harsh Words for Military
		Charles Graner Jr.'s parents, Irma and Charles Sr., said in an exclusive interview with ABC News that their son was a scapegoat in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal.
		Graner, 36, faced 10 counts under five separate charges — assault, conspiracy, maltreatment of detainees, committing indecent acts and dereliction of duty.
		Graner is in a Texas county jail awaiting a transfer to a military prison.
	abcnews.go.com /GMA/story?id=416471&page=1 (419 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Graner sexually humiliated prisoners as well, stacking them naked on top of each other, forcing them to masturbate while American soldiers and other prisoners watched.
		Morris said she and her children are convinced Graner abused the prisoners because of how he treated her - and because Graner emailed pictures of abused prisoners in messages intended for the children while he was overseas.
		Charles Graner's parents seeking partial custody of his children (phillyBurbs.com)
	www.lycos.com /info/charles-graner--abu-ghraib.html (357 words)

	Graner's defense sputters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Charles Graner leaves the Fort Hood, Texas, judicial complex after the fourth day of his court-martial.
		Graner is the accused ringleader in the Iraq prisoner abuse scandal.
		Some of the witnesses Heath and Graner's lead attorney, Guy Womack of Houston, had hoped would further their client's case sounded more like they were put on the stand by the prosecution.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/05013/441510.stm (678 words)

	Pennsylvania Soldier, Girlfriend Accused In Iraqi Prisoner Abuse - Local News
		Charles Graner is one of the soldiers seen smiling and posing for photos standing over naked Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison.
		According to records obtained by NBC 10, Graner was accused of abusing his ex-wife in the past.
		Graner was once fired from Greene Correctional Institution for not agreeing to stay beyond his work shift.
	www.nbc10.com /news/3292124/detail.html (526 words)

	Abu Ghraib ‘ringleader’ found guilty
		Charles Graner Jr., the reputed ringleader of a band of rogue guards at the Abu Ghraib prison, was convicted yesterday of abusing Iraqi detainees in a case that sparked international outrage when photographs were released that showed reservists gleefully humiliating prisoners.
		Graner, the first soldier to be court-martialed in the scandal, was convicted of all five charges and faces as many as 15 years behind bars.
		One witness, Syrian prisoner Amin al-Sheikh, had characterized Graner as the "primary torturer,"; who merrily whistled, sang and laughed while brutalizing him and forced him to eat pork and drink alcohol in violation of his Muslim faith.
	www.columbiatribune.com /2005/Jan/20050115News020.asp (614 words)

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