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Wednesday, May 04, 2005

BREAKING NEWS ~ Judge throws out England guilty plea in Abu Ghraib trial
Bernard Hibbitts at 2:17 PM ET

[JURIST] A military judge at Fort Hood has rejected Pfc. Lynndie England's guilty plea in her Abu Ghraib prison scandal court-martial, torpedoing her plea agreement.

2:51 PM ET - In declaring the mistrial, Col. James Pohl said statements by England about her understanding of the purpose of her activities with the Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib could not be reconciled with testimony from Pvt. Charles Graner and undermined the conspiracy charge. AP now has a full story.






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