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U.S. Soldier Sentenced to 8 Years For Abu Ghraib Role

HeadlineOct 22, 2004

Staff Sgt. Ivan Frederick II was sentenced yesterday to eight years in jail for his role in torturing detainees at the Abu Ghraib prsion. The sentencing came one day after he plead guilty to eight counts of abusing and humiliating Iraqi detainees. Frederick admitted forcing detainees to masturbate and helping attach wires to a detainee with the intention of making him think he might be electrocuted. He also pleaded guilty to punching a detainee in the chest so hard that a medic was called. He is the highest-ranking of eight soldiers charged with abusing detainees at Abu Ghraib prison. In addition, on Wednesday, he testified that an interrogator from the private company CACI ordered him to use dogs to threaten prisoners.

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