A military judge threw out Private Lynndie England’s guilty plea to abusing Iraqi detainees at Baghdad’s Abu Ghraib prison, saying he was not convinced the US Army reservist who appeared in some of the most notorious photos in the scandal knew her actions were wrong at the time.

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A US military judge tonight threw out Private First Class Lynndie England’s guilty plea to Iraqi prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib, saying he was not convinced she knew that her actions were wrong at the time.

The reputed ringleader in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal today called into question whether Private First Class Lynndie England knew she was committing wrongful acts when she took part in the mistreatment of Iraqi detainees.

Defence lawyers appealed for leniency for Private Lynndie England at a hearing to determine her punishment in the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal, saying the reservist was oxygen-deprived at birth, speech-impaired and had trouble learning to read.

Jury selection started today for the panel that will recommend a sentence for Army Reserve Private First Class Lynndie England, who pleaded guilty to mistreating prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison camp in Iraq.

Pfc. Lynndie England took responsibility for the smiling, thumbs-up poses she struck for photographs taken at Abu Ghraib prison camp, which made her the face of the prisoner abuse scandal.

A former Abu Ghraib guard today pleaded guilty to three charges in the Iraqi prison abuse scandal – the day before his trial as part of a plea deal with prosecutors.

A US military policewoman accused in the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal had the charges against her reduced yesterday as a set of pre-trial hearings wrapped up at an American base in Germany.

The US military judge hearing charges of prisoner abuse at Baghdad’s Abu Ghraib prison today rejected a defence request for Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld to submit to an interview, but said he would reconsider if the defence could show a Rumsfeld link to the case.

A MILITARY judge hearing pre-trial evidence in the alleged abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison pressed the US government yesterday to speed up its investigations.

A military judge hearing pre-trial evidence in the alleged abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison pressed the US government today to speed up its investigations, warning that delays could derail the case against at least one of the accused soldiers.

Four US soldiers charged with abusing Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison face pre-trial hearings before an American military judge in Mannheim, Germany today and tomorrow.

DEFENCE lawyers for soldiers on trial in the Iraqi prisoner abuse case won permission yesterday to question two top American generals, and the military judge ordered that the Abu Ghraib prison not be torn down because it is a crime scene.

A hearing in Baghdad for a US soldier accused of prison torture was postponed today because his lawyer was too frightened to go to Iraq and wanted to defend him by phone

A lawyer for one of three soldiers accused in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal asked a military judge today to order a new hearing because the turmoil of Iraq prevented him from being able to question witnesses.