Defence pleads for 'disadvantaged' England
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.
West Virginia school psychologist Dr Thomas Denne – the first defence witness - told the hearing at Fort Hood, Texas, that England’s learning disabilities were identified when she was a young child and although she made progress in school, she continued needing special help.
