May 24, 2004
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Marines admit abuse at second prison
By Rick Rogers
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
May 22, 2004
While world attention was focused on the scandal at Abu Ghraib prison, two Marines were court-martialed May 14 for abusing an Iraqi prisoner with electricity, it was disclosed yesterday.
Five more Marines have been implicated in the same early April incident at Al Mahmudiya prison and might face charges, according to Marine officials in Iraq.
Andrew J. Sting and Jeremiah J. Trefney, both 19 and privates first class, pleaded guilty to charges that included cruelty and maltreatment for shocking an unruly prisoner.
"The Marines attached wires to a power converter and pressed the live wires against the body of the detainee to create a shock."
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