Military policeman Jeremy Sivits, was sentenced to a year in jail Wednesday after confessing he and colleagues abused Iraqi prisoners. Sivits was also expelled from the army.
According to Reuters:
The court imposed a maximum sentence on Sivits but it was not enough for protesters outside Abu Ghraib prison, scene of the scandal that erupted when pictures were published of naked and terrified Iraqi inmates being abused and sexually humiliated.
"It's a kangaroo court, set up just to placate Iraqis," said Hala Azzawi, mother of one of some 3,000 Iraqis held at the jail near Baghdad, notorious as Sadam Hussein's torture center.
"I wish they would get death, it's less than they deserve."
Sivits, a 24-year-old reservist with the rank of Specialist, pointed the finger at others, against whom he will testify under a plea bargain, over the abuses.
The Los Angeles Times reports that Sivits was also "stripped of his rank and he will be given a bad conduct discharge."
If convicted, I hope those Sivits testifies against get much harsher sentences.
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