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| | Charles Graner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Graner's attorney (as well as attorneys for several others charged) also moved to suppress evidence of statements made to Army investigators during interrogations, as well as seizure of a computer. | | | Graner's lawyer, Guy Womack, said he was not sure whether Graner would testify for himself. | | | A federal magistrate in Pittsburgh, however, ruled that the charges have "arguable merit in fact and law." However, when Nimley was released from prison in 2000, he disappeared, and the case was dismissed, leaving much of what happened still in question. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Graner
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| | Anai Rhoads: Timeline: Army Spc. Charles Graner |
| | Inmates at the Pennsylvania state prison complained that Graner was abusive to them, but a majority of the charges were denied in federal court. | | | The 35 year-old Graner was charged on 14 May with failure to treat the Abu Ghraib prisoners respectively under the Geneva Convention, cruel intent and overall maltreatment. | | | Ex-wife Staci Graner sought three separate court orders for Protection of Abuse against Graner during their divorce. |
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http://www.anairhoads.org/politics/graner.shtml
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| | Iraqi prison scandal: Fayette reservist charged Cpl. Charles Graner faces court-martial on seven counts - ... |
| | Graner, like Sivits, was specifically charged with some crimes that directly accused him of mistreatment of prisoners. | | | According to the Uniform Code of Military Justice, Graner could be sent to a federal military prison for some 17 years if he is convicted of all the charges brought against him. | | | Kerr, while not commenting specifically on Graner's case, said the defense in such a court-martial proceeding would have to show that military orders they received were lawful. |
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http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/search/s_194292.html
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| | Suspect in prisoner abuse has a history of troubles |
| | Graner contended in later court filings that they hadn't lived together since April and that Staci left the marriage to become involved in another relationship. | | | She filed for divorce on June 4, 1997, contending in court papers that Graner had thrown her and her children out of their home. | | | By then, Graner was listed in court papers as working for TOPS Temporaries at Sony in New Stanton. |
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http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04129/313195.stm
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| | U.S. Army SPC Charles Graner: Abu Ghraib Abuse Leader Found Guilty Aljazeera (Qatar) 14jan05 |
| | At the heart of Graner's defense is his claim that he believed he was acting under legal orders - a legitimate defense in military court, even if the orders actually were unlawful. | | | abruptly rested their case yesterday, without calling Graner or any senior officers to shed new light on the prison abuse scandal in which he was portrayed as the grinning, sadistic ringleader. | | | Many potential witnesses refused to testify by invoking their right against self-incrimination and others, including top Pentagon officials, were deemed irrelevant by the presiding judge. |
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http://www.mindfully.org/Reform/2005/Abu-Ghraib-Graner14jan05.htm
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| | Records Paint Dark Portrait Of Guard (washingtonpost.com) |
| | Graner knew the policy and procedures manual better than the warden -- and the warden is the one who wrote it. | | | For those reasons, the case was dismissed, leaving the merits of the case unresolved. | | | Unlike the night shift, which was typically sleepy, or the morning shift, which was busy with prisoner transfers to court hearings, the afternoon shift had a no-nonsense reputation. |
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16832-2004Jun4.html
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| | BBC NEWS World Americas Profile: Charles Graner |
| | His mother pleaded with the court martial hearing his case that he "is not the monster he is made out to be". | | | After she made several allegations of violence and harassment, the courts issued a series of protection orders against Graner. | | | Pte England was also pictured in several of the photos from Abu Ghraib and faces her own court martial. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4176885.stm
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| | CNN.com - Agent: England described 'humiliation' techniques - Aug 6, 2004 |
| | Stewart's testimony came in the fourth day of a preliminary hearing to determine whether England should face a court-martial on a series of possible charges that could send her to prison for up to 38 years. | | | Witnesses have said England, a clerk, was not assigned to the high-security prison area, and was there only as a friend of Graner's. | | | He told the court Friday, "It's a hard call to make a decision to put your friends in prison." |
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http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/08/06/lynndie.england.hearing
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| | USATODAY.com - Abuse scandal meets disbelief in hometowns |
| | In court papers, he accused her of trading their relationship for another one. | | | Her ex-husband was not charged in connection with her complaints. | | | Over the next four years, Staci Graner obtained three temporary protection of abuse orders. |
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2004-05-06-soldiers-usat_x.htm
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| | SCI-Greene Gaurd Tortures Iraqi Prisoners |
| | Disturbingly, there is a direct link between Abu Ghraib Prison and the State Correctional Institution at Greene (SCI-Greene), a super-maximum security prison in western Pennsylvania and home to the overwhelming majority of the state's death row prisoners. | | | "Specialist Graner was involved in a bitter divorce. | | | "One court document filed in February 1998 typified Staci Graner's complaints. |
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http://www.pa-abolitionists.org/Graner1.html
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| | Charles Graner |
| | Charles Graner to mistreat prisoners, committing an indecent act by forcing prisoners to masturbate and bringing discredit to the military. | | | Graner and at least two others also face a court martial. | | | England, 21, is charged with assaulting Iraqi detainees, conspiring with Specialist Charles Graner to mistreat the prisoners and committing an indecent act by forcing prisoners to masturbate. |
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http://www-appn.comp.nus.edu.sg/~cuihang/DefSearch/cgi-DefGen/output/Charles_Graner.htm
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| | CHARLES GRANER |
| | Sending the same photograph to another friend, Specialist Graner wrote, "Try doing this at home, and they'll lock you up if you don't have some type of license," adding, "Not only was I the healer, I was the hurter. | | | The court said it would not publicly release that e-mail, given to the jury by the prosecution on Tuesday, but a person close to the defense provided copies to The New York Times. | | | I suppose My problem is that I tend to be civil, but never too civilized. |
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1322744/posts
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| | CNN.com - Graner sentenced to 10 years - Jan 16, 2005 |
| | Graner's attorney, Guy Womack, told reporters that he thought there are "some appealable issues" after the court-martial. | | | Gallery: Abuse at Abu Ghraib prison (Contains graphic content. | | | Graner, 36, will serve his prison term as a private, with no salary, and will be dishonorably discharged after he is released. |
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http://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/01/16/graner.court.martial
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| | AP Story on Charles Graner |
| | The prison superintendent was demoted and transferred to another county. | | | If he were imprisoned, of course, we would have to look at the state code of ethics and the department's own rules." | | | Graner, 35, of Uniontown, faces a possible court-martial on criminal charges of maltreatment and indecent acts in Iraq, his civilian attorney, Guy Womack, has said. |
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http://www.pa-abolitionists.org/granerAP.html
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| | JURIST - Charles Graner |
| | Graner may testify in second day of defense in Abu Ghraib case | | | Iraqi ex-prisoners to testify at Graner trial in wake of new video, photo evidence of abuse | | | Charles Graner [JURIST news archive; after his own conviction in Janua....... |
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http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/currentawareness/graner.php
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| | Free Mumia Coalition, NYC News |
| | Charles Graner the torturer is finally court martialed! | | | -May 10, 2004 SCI-Greene Prisoner Testifies About Graner's Abusiveness at SCI-Greene | | | Graner was employed at SCI-Greene during a 1988 brutality scandel but not charged. |
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http://www.freemumia.com/graner.html
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| | Torturers.net: Charles A. Graner Jr. |
| | His former wife filed an order for protection against him in March 2001 after he grabbed her by her hair and tried to shove her down the stairs, according to court documents. | | | Graner was not implicated in the abuse according to the state Department of Corrections. | | | 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. |
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http://www.torturers.net/us/army/graner
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| | Charles Graner, Jr., |
| | FORT HOOD, TEXAS-- Specialist Charles A. Graner approaches the court building for closing arguments in Graner's court martial on Friday morning, January 14, 2005. | | | FORT HOOD, TX -- Specialist Charles Graner, Jr., left, arrives for the sentencing phase of his court martial trial for prisoner abuse at Fort Hood, Texas, on Saturday, January 15, 2005. | | | FORT HOOD, TX -- Guy Womack, attorney for U.S. Army Charles Graner, Jr., speaks to the press after his client was sentenced to 10 years in prison for abusing Iraqi prisoners. |
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http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0930202.html
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| | Charles Graner |
| | Graner was a disgrace to all civilized and democratic values every day. | | | [Charles] Graner came and took me to room Number 37, which is the shower room, and he started punishing me. Then he brought a box of food and he made me stand on it with no clothing, except a blanket. | | | Then they were laying on the floor handcuffed together, so all the other prisoners could see them. |
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http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/entity.jsp?entity=charles_graner
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| | The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Abu Ghraib tactics fine, defense says |
| | Defense attorney Womack, a retired Marine, said using a tether was a valid method of controlling detainees, especially those who might be soiled with feces. | | | Graner is the first of the accused guards to go to trial. | | | Sivits testified that Graner commented that the punch injured his hand. |
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002147574_abughraib11.html
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| | Charles A. Graner, Jr. - SourceWatch |
| | The charges have cast the Army reservist from Uniontown, Pa., as a key figure in the abuse scandal that has embarrassed the United States." | | | Jeremy C. Sivits told investigators, according to court papers. | | | "Graner, 35, was charged Friday with cruelty, maltreatment and willfully failing to protect prisoners from abuse at Abu Ghraib. |
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http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Charles_A._Graner,_Jr.
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| | Specialist Charles Graner - Iraq Prisoner Abuse Charge Sheet |
| | Charges under the Uniform Code of Military Justice alleging conspiracy to maltreat detainees; dereliction of duty for willfully failing to protect detainees from abuse, cruelty and maltreatment; maltreatment of detainees; assaulting detainees; committing indecent acts; adultery; and obstruction of justice. | | | Prosecutors dropped two assault charges, one count of adultery, and one count of obstruction of justice on January 6, 2005. | | | On January 14, 2005, a jury found Graner guilty of nine out of ten counts stemming from his abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. |
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http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/iraq/graner51404chrg.html
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| | Joe's Dartblog: On Charles Graner |
| | The crime in this case was not limited to the questionable maltreatment of prisoners; but extends directly to the example of strength and leadership not set for these foolish young guards to follow. | | | This has, in part, changed my mind about advocating a minimal sentence for Graner. | | | The Lord of the Flies springs from this and we’re all surprised!? |
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http://www.dartblog.com/data/000937.html
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| | iraq: Reservist Charles Graner Sentenced To 15 Years: Jan. 15, 2005 |
| | Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Reservist Charles Graner Sentenced To 15 Years: Jan. 15, 2005: | | | In the end, however, Spc Graner probably did the most damage to his own defence by his belated decision not to testify. | | | The court was told Graner forced Iraqi prisoners to masturbate and simulate oral sex, and that he took photographs of a woman prisoner after forcing her to show her breasts. |
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http://www.camerairaq.com/2005/01/reservist_charl.html
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| | Eric Umansky: Charles Graner: Torturer, Ladies' Man |
| | From the LAT's description of today's events at the Lynndie England court martial: | | | But since then they have had a falling out, and Graner is now reportedly married to another defendant in the Abu Ghraib case, Spc. | | | He was her superior at the prison and reportedly is the father of a child to whom she gave birth last fall. |
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http://www.ericumansky.com/2005/05/charles_graner_.html
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| | Press Release on Charles Graner |
| | Currently employed at SCI-Greene, Site of Abuse Scandals | | | As an active duty reservist, Graner receives a $500 per month stipend, which he can add to the State Employees Retirement Service, and is eligible to apply for promotions, according to DOC policies posted on the department's website (www.cor.state.pa.us/military.html). | | | The DOC refused to release internal videotapes of assaults by guards, and the Greene County District Attorney declined to criminally prosecute any prison staff. |
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http://www.pa-abolitionists.org/granerpressrelease.html
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| | BBC NEWS Middle East Abu Ghraib troops 'did not abuse' |
| | Specialist Charles Graner is facing a court martial for his role in alleged abuses at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib jail. | | | Following orders and being praised for it," Mr Womack told the court. | | | Mr Womack said tethers were "a valid tool" when dealing not only with prisoners, but also with children. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4155375.stm
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| | Charles Graner Case Continues |
| | Graner's defense case is scheduled to begin Wednesday. | | | Defense attorney Guy Womack said al-Sheikh's testimony was good for his client. | | | Graner is the first soldier accused in the Abu Ghraib scandal to go on trial. |
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http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,FL_trial_011205,00.html
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| | Abu Ghraib's Charles Graner Causing Trouble in Prison - TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime |
| | He told the court this and this was his idea. | | | He has since married former Abu Ghraib guard Megan Ambuhl who also was embroiled and convicted in the prisoner abuse scandal. | | | Military officials say he has caused trouble even since the start of his 10 years prison sentence, refusing, for example, to shave in accordance with military prison regulations and earning himself solitary confinement. |
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http://talkleft.com/new_archives/012493.html
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| | Iraqis Say Graner Abuse Sentence Too Lenient |
| | This isn't justice," trader Ali Ahmed, 23, said of Graner's sentence. | | | The sentencing came a day after a jury convicted Graner on 10 counts related to the abuses, many of which were documented in photographs that included naked prisoners stacked into a pyramid and being forced to masturbate. | | | A military jury in Fort Hood, Texas, sentenced Graner on Saturday to 10 years' imprisonment for his leading role in the torture of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib, five years less than the maximum sentence possible. |
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http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0116-02.htm
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| | Free Charles Graner Jr. - Abu Ghraib Prison Scapegoat! |
| | Charles Graner and his crew at Abu Ghraib prison have been condemned for being mean and insensitive to. | | | Graner is going to jail for the mistreatment and abuse of some terrorists, including a non-uniformed Syrian who by his own admission was in Iraq to kill Americans, confirms this. | | | Charles Graner has been found guilty of these so-called "abuses," we should all feel better, right? |
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http://www.freegraner.com
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| | Townhall.com :: Columns :: The goon of Abu Ghraib by Rich Lowry |
| | A recent Washington Post profile details the sad trajectory of Graner's life -- the suspicion that his wife was unfaithful while he was serving in the first Persian Gulf War, employment at a U.S. prison noted for its brutality, the breakdown of his marriage and multiple restraining orders against him from his former wife. | | | For those hoping for a broader prison scandal, there was this uncomfortable fact about the new batch of Abu Ghraib photos published by The Washington Post a few weeks ago: Graner was, again, there in many of them. | | | Charles Graner, the star of so many Abu Ghraib abuse photos, first got the idea of beating up prisoners, and with no evident instigation from Donald Rumsfeld. |
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http://www.townhall.com/columnists/richlowry/rl20040610.shtml
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| | NPR : Graner Testimony Spikes England's Plea Deal |
| | A military judge declared a mistrial and threw out the plea deal after hearing from Charles Graner, a central figure in the case. | | | Lynndie England's attempt to plead guilty to abusing prisoners at Abu Ghraib dissolves after testimony from the father of her child. | | | NPR : Graner Testimony Spikes England's Plea Deal |
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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4631488&sourceCode=RSS
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| | Chron.com Prison intelligence officers scrutinized |
| | Joseph Darby, another member of the military police unit, slipped an anonymous, typewritten note under the door of the Army investigation command's office at the prison, along with a photo disc that he had been given by Graner. | | | Both victims and guards cited by Army investigators tended to confirm characterizations of Cpl. Charles Graner as the most violent on Tier 1A in what was known as the prison's "hard site." A guard said Graner would beat prisoners and then encourage his colleagues to "come get some of this." | | | At one point Graner, who worked in a state prison in Pennsylvania before being deployed to Iraq, allegedly told another guard: "The Christian in me says it's wrong, but the corrections officer in me says, `I love to make a grown man piss himself.' " |
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http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/2587441
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| | Guardian Unlimited Picture 16 |
| | The photograph was obtained by ABC News, which identified the dead man as Manadel al-Jamadi. | | | May 20: Specialist Charles Graner poses alongside the corpse of an Iraqi detainee in Abu Ghraib prison. |
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/gallery/image/0,8543,-12804919007,00.html
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| | The love of Lynndie England and Charles Graner - acid logic ezine |
| | Goddam, aren't there any prettier pictures of you that your stupid family could have released to the press? | | | And today America has fallen head over heels in love with Lynndie England and Charles Graner, the Romeo and Juliet of Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad. | | | I don't give a shit, I'll give you SHITMAN! |
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http://www.acidlogic.com/american_romance.htm
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