June 6, 2004

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  Saturday, June 5, 2004

  
  

  Ohio Marine Pleads Guilty to Prisoner Abuse

  
  

  Two 19-year-old Marines pleaded guilty to giving electric shocks to an Iraqi prisoner they were guarding in early April, months after the Abu Ghraib prison abuse, military officials said.

  
  

  Pfc. Andrew J. Sting, of Bradner, Ohio, and Pfc. Jeremiah J. Trefney were infantrymen with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment.

  
  

  The pair wanted to discipline the detainee for throwing trash outside his cell and speaking loudly at the Al Mahmudiya prison. The Marines attached wires to a power convertor, which delivered 110 volts of electricity to the detainee,

  
  

  Sting's father said a sergeant ordered his son to shock the detainee. When the sergeant left, his son had the ordered reconfirmed by another sergeant and a corporal. 

  
  

  Sting was sentenced to a year in prison, a reduction of rank, forfeiture of pay and a bad-conduct discharge.

  
  

   

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