Hearing ends for Navy Seal accused of prisoner abuse

A military court hearing ended for a Navy Seal lieutenant accused of abusing and posing in degrading photos with a handcuffed and hooded prisoner who died a short time later in Abu Ghraib prison.

The Navy officer who heard the evidence, Lt. Cmdr. William Boland, will recommend to the Navy’s top Seal whether the lieutenant should face a court-martial. Boland didn’t say yesterday when he would issue his recommendation.