No cameras at prisoner abuse court martial

NO TELEVISION cameras or tape recorders will be allowed in the courtroom at next week’s court-martial of a US soldier charged in the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal, a senior US officer said yesterday.

No cameras at prisoner abuse court martial

Specialist Jeremy Sivits of Hyndman, Pennsylvania, a member of the Army's 372nd Military Police Company, will face a military court in Baghdad on May 19 - less than a month after photos of prisoners being abused and humiliated were first broadcast on April 28.

The streamlined trial is expected to last just one or two days including the sentencing phase, if Sivits is found guilty, said a US military legal adviser who briefed reporters.

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