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  Lynndie England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
England was engaged to fellow reservist Charles Graner.
England was charged with two counts of conspiracy to maltreat detainees, one count of dereliction of duty, four counts of cruelty and maltreatment and two counts of committing indecent acts at the Abu Ghraib prison in 2003.
At her retrial, England was convicted on September 26, 2005 of one count of conspiracy, four counts of maltreating detainees and one count of committing an indecent act.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lynndie_England   (1558 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Lynndie England convicted in Abu Ghraib trial   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Lynndie England, whose smiling poses in photos of detainee abuse at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison made her the face of the scandal, was convicted Monday by a military jury on six of seven counts.
England, 22, was found guilty of one count of conspiracy, four counts of maltreating detainees and one count of committing an indecent act.
England's trial is the last for a group of nine Army reservists charged with mistreating prisoners at Abu Ghraib in Iraq, a scandal that badly damaged the United States' image in the Muslim world despite quick condemnation of the abuse by President Bush.
www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2005-09-26-england_x.htm   (804 words)

  
 CNN.com - Pregnant soldierĀ faces Abu Ghraib court-martial - Sep 27, 2004
The charges against England accuse her of conspiracy to maltreat a prisoner by appearing in a photograph holding a leash around the neck of the detainee.
England was celebrating her 21st birthday when she helped commit some of the worst acts of abuse at Abu Ghraib prison, military prosecutors said.
The prosecution said England admitted that when seven suspected rioters arrived at a cell block for questioning, she stepped on some of them, mocked them as they stood naked in a line against a wall and posed for a picture while the naked men lay piled in a human pyramid.
www.cnn.com /2004/LAW/09/27/england/index.html   (491 words)

  
 Soldier charged in abuse - Conflict in Iraq - MSNBC.com
Lynndie England, shown in photographs smiling and pointing at naked Iraqi prisoners, was charged Friday by the military with assaulting the detainees and conspiring to mistreat them.
England, 21, is the seventh soldier from an Army Reserve military police unit to be charged in a scandal that has drawn outrage around the world and damaged the reputation of the United States as it tries to stabilize Iraq.
England is seen smiling for the camera in one picture, a cigarette in her mouth, as she leans forward and points at the genitals of a naked, hooded Iraqi.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/4927273   (805 words)

  
 cbs4boston.com - Lynndie England Gets 3 Years
In some of the pictures, England is shown holding a naked prisoner on a leash, posing with a pyramid of naked detainees and pointing at the genitals of a prisoner while a cigarette hangs from the corner of her mouth.
England, speaking in response to questions from a defense lawyer, said she was embarrassed by the photos.
England's defense contended she is a compliant person who took part in the detainee maltreatment to please Graner, who prosecutors said was the ringleader of the abuse by a group of U.S. troops.
cbs4boston.com /topstories/topstories_story_270172222.html   (730 words)

  
 newsobserver.com | Lynndie England case back at square one
Lynndie England -- the soldier who appeared in photographs of inmate abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison -- saying that her guilty plea was not believable.
England became the public face of the scandal because she was photographed pointing and laughing at naked Iraqi prisoners in Abu Ghraib's cell block One-Alpha.
England then conferred with her lawyers and changed her explanation, saying she knew at the time that what she did was wrong.
www.newsobserver.com /504/story/321623.html   (916 words)

  
 wcco.com - Lynndie England Trial Beginning
Lynndie England already tried to plead guilty, unsuccessfully, for her part in the now-infamous Abu Ghraib scandal that deeply shook the world last year.
England broke with the pattern of her co-defendants on Tuesday by opting for an all-officer jury.
The judge presiding over England's case, Col. James Pohl, had ruled in July that neither of two statements England made in January 2004, when she implicated herself in the abuse, would be admissible.
wcco.com /topstories/topstories_story_264111016.html   (476 words)

  
 JURIST - Lynndie England
Lynndie England [JURIST news archive], notorious for her role in abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib, was sentenced to three years [JURIST report] in prison on Tuesday.
Lynndie England [JURIST news archive] Tuesday apologized for posing for pictures with humiliated Iraqi prisoners, saying that she had been used by her then-boyfriend Spc.
Lynndie England [JURIST news archive] has been convicted on six of seven counts in court-martial proceedings for her role in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal [JURIST news archive].
jurist.law.pitt.edu /currentawareness/england.php   (662 words)

  
 Guilty plea for Lynndie England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Lynndie England leaves the Lawrence B. Williams Justice Center at Fort Hood Monday after pleading guilty to seven of nine charges filed against her relating to the abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq.
Lynndie England pleaded guilty Monday morning to seven of nine charges she faced in connection with prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq in late 2003.
In the early phase of questioning, England said she did not think that one of the activities she admitted to engaging in — posing for a photo with a leashed prisoner — was wrong at the time.
www.statesman.com /metrostate/content/metro/stories/05/2england.html   (422 words)

  
 BreakingNews.ie: Prisoner abuse soldier Lynndie gives birth
Private Lynndie England, the American soldier seen in some of the most notorious photos with naked Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison, is a new mother.
England became a focal point of the scandal over the abuse of prisoners in Iraq after the release of photos of her smiling and posing with nude prisoners stacked in a pyramid, pointing and flashing a thumbs up, and holding a detainee on a dog leash.
England and Graner are among soldiers charged in connection with abuse that occurred late last year at Abu Ghraib prison west of Baghdad.
www.breakingnews.ie /2004/10/13/story170863.html   (281 words)

  
 Judge declares mistrial in Lynndie England case
Lynndie England holds her infant son Carter Allan England inside the judicial complex before the start of day three of her court martial at Fort Hood.
Lynndie England's court-martial on charges of prisoner abuse came to an abrupt end Wednesday when the judge rejected her guilty plea, threw out her pretrial agreement and declared a mistrial.
However, Graner, who testified on England's behalf Wednesday morning, said he thought one of their most infamous deeds — dragging a prisoner out of his cell by a leash and photographing the act — was legitimate at the time.
www.statesman.com /metrostate/content/metro/stories/05/5england.html   (684 words)

  
 In sworn statement, soldier charged in Iraq abuse provides details but says no crimes were committed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
England and six other members of the Cresaptown, Md.-based reserve unit have been charged by the military in the prisoner abuse scandal but England said in her statement that one of them, Spc.
England also discussed 11 pictures taken of seven naked detainees, one of which was a widely published photo of the Iraqis piled into a crude human pyramid.
England said the detainees were brought to IA from Ganci 1, the general population area, after being identified as inciting a riot.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/04144/320722.stm   (1558 words)

  
 cbs2chicago.com - Lynndie England Pleads Guilty
Lynndie England, who appeared in some of the most graphic photographs depicting physical mistreatment and sexual humiliation of Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison, pleaded guilty Monday to charges arising from her role in the abuse scandal.
England's lawyers have argued that she and others in her unit were acting on orders from military intelligence to "soften up" prisoners for interrogations.
Lynndie England pleaded guilty for her role in the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal, Teri Okita reports.
cbs2chicago.com /topstories/local_story_122155947.html   (662 words)

  
 Pfc. Lynndie England Takes a Fall for the Neocons
Lynndie England was convicted earlier today of “detainee abuse” (a neutral term for sadistic torture) at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
In short, England appears to be a poor woman of sub-standard intelligence who joined the military to escape a dismal life of few options in Appalachia, one of the most poverty-stricken places in America and happy hunting grounds for military recruiters.
Actually, as a dispensable pawn, Lynndie England is lucky—she may go to prison for ten years but at least she didn’t come home with an arm or a leg missing, only to be abandoned by a government she was tricked into “serving” in the name of fake patriotism.
www.infowars.com /articles/iraq/england_takes_fall_for_neocons.htm   (1154 words)

  
 Columns: Lynndie England is just the beginning
Lynndie England is about to get a taste of her own hospitality.
England deserves what she got, if not more, but she was just a convenient fall-gal for higher ups who set the stage for her untethered conduct.
There are plenty more where England came from, and their misdeeds have been encouraged by people at the very top of our military and nation.
www.sptimes.com /2005/10/02/news_pf/Columns/Lynndie_England_is_ju.shtml   (800 words)

  
 FOXNews.com - Lynndie England Apologizes - U.S. & World
Lynndie England (search) apologized Tuesday for posing for the notorious photos of detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib prison (search), saying she did so at the behest of the soldier boyfriend she loved and trusted.
England, the most recognizable of the nine enlisted soldiers charged in the Abu Ghraib scandal after photos of the abuse became public, was convicted on six of the seven counts against her.
England's defense has contended that she is a weak, compliant person who took part in the detainee maltreatment to please Graner, who prosecutors said was the domineering ringleader of the abuse by a group of U.S. troops.
www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,170515,00.html   (1030 words)

  
 NewsFromRussia.Com Lynndie England could receive up to 38 years in jail
England faces is conspiring to commit maltreatment of an Iraqi detainee by posing in a photograph holding a leash around him, english.pravda.ru/world/20/91/368/13616_court.html ' target=_blank>indecent acts with numerous soldiers and wrongfully creating sexually explicit photographs of herself.
England is one of seven members of her company charged in connection with abuse that took place at Abu Ghraib prison late last year.
England posing with naked men stacked in a pyramid and holding a naked detainee by a leash made her a focal point of the scandal, informs Globe and Mail.
newsfromrussia.com /world/2004/09/28/56311.html   (1787 words)

  
 Worldandnation: 'It was wrong,' England tells judge
Lynndie England, the young woman pictured grinning and giving a thumbs-up in some of the most notorious photos to come out of the Abu Ghraib scandal, pleaded guilty Monday to mistreating prisoners, saying she let her comrades talk her into going along with the abuse.
England's lawyers have argued that she and others in her military police unit were acting on orders from military intelligence to "soften up" prisoners for interrogation.
England entered guilty pleas to two counts of conspiracy to maltreat prisoners, four counts of maltreating prisoners and one count of committing an indecent act.
www.sptimes.com /2005/05/03/Worldandnation/_It_was_wrong___Engla.shtml   (670 words)

  
 CNN.com - Female soldier in abuse photos charged - May 7, 2004 (via CobWeb/3.1 kupl1.ittc.ku.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Lynndie England -- the woman seen smiling next to naked Iraqi prisoners in several photographs that have sparked outrage around the world -- was charged Friday by the military with assaulting Iraqi detainees and conspiring to mistreat them.
England is not in pretrial confinement and is still allowed to perform duties for the 16th Military Police Brigade, the statement said.
England's defenders called the news conference Friday to ask reporters to leave the family alone, and to offset public impressions left by the photos of England.
www.cnn.com.cob-web.org:8888 /2004/US/South/05/07/soldier.charged/index.html   (779 words)

  
 Lynndie England's Plea Rejected - CBS News
Lynndie England's guilty plea to prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib, saying he was not convinced that she knew her actions were wrong at the time.
When England pleaded guilty Monday, she told the judge she knew that the pictures were being taken purely for the amusement of the guards.
A military judge rejected Lynndie England’s guilty plea after a witness testified that England might have believed the abuse was part of a legitimate training exercise.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2005/05/04/iraq/main692951.shtml   (584 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: Military Judge Declares a Mistrial in Iraq Prison Abuse Scandal Case -- May 4, 2005
This first witness, the school psychologist, said Lynndie England was born a blue baby, deprived of air, and that as she was growing up she had severe learning problems and social-developmental problems.
When Lynndie England submitted the guilty plea on Monday and reviewed it with the judge, he was very careful to make sure she believed that she was doing wrong and knew that she was committing a crime at each point, at each stage of the prison abuse scenario.
GWEN IFLL: When Lynndie England first went to court on these charges, there was a lot of talk that there was going to be a chain of command defense; they were going to take it all the way to the Pentagon.
www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/military/jan-june05/england_5-04.html   (1343 words)

  
 Female Soldier Charged In Iraq Abuse
Lynndie England on Friday became the seventh member of an Army Reserve military police unit to be charged in a scandal that has drawn outrage around the world and damaged the reputation of the United States as it tries to stabilize Iraq.
In photographs that have been shown repeatedly in news reports, England is seen smiling, cigarette in her mouth, as she leans forward and points at the genitals of a naked, hooded Iraqi.
England, who had been doing administrative work for the MP unit at Fort Bragg, will continue her duties for the present, the Corps statement said.
www.military.com /NewsContent/0,13319,FL_charged_050804,00.html   (616 words)

  
 Lynndie England: A Who2 Profile (via CobWeb/3.1 kupl1.ittc.ku.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
United States Army Reserve private Lynndie England is the woman seen mugging for the camera and taunting naked Iraqi male prisoners in photographs made public in May 2004.
England grew up in West Virginia and joined the Army Reserve in 2000, when she was 17 years old.
Tabloids were quick to dub England "leash girl" and "the anti-Jessica Lynch" (the latter is a reference to another U.S. soldier made famous after the invasion of Iraq).
www.who2.com.cob-web.org:8888 /lynndieengland.html   (404 words)

  
 Female GI In Abuse Photos Talks, Says She Was Following Orders - CBS News
Lynndie England, seen worldwide in photographs that show her smiling and pointing at naked Iraqi prisoners, said she was ordered to pose for the photos, and felt "kind of weird" in doing so.
In the photos, England is seen smiling, cigarette in her mouth, as she leans forward and points at the genitals of a naked, hooded Iraqis.
In a CBS interview, Lynndie England, the female GI charged with prisoner abuse, says she was ordered to pose for the abuse photos, including one that shows her leading a naked Iraqi by a leash.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2004/05/12/iraq/main616921.shtml   (721 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Profile: Lynndie England
England, 22, was acquitted on a second conspiracy count.
Pte England has previously said she was ordered to pose for the pictures by officers higher up the chain of command, and that she was told to "soften up" prisoners for interrogations.
Lynndie Rana England was born in Ashland, Kentucky, in 1982, but moved with her parents Kenneth and Terrie to Fort Ashby, West Virginia, when she was two years old.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/4490795.stm   (726 words)

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