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Monday, December 1, 2008 12:00 AM

Sympathy for Charles Graner

No one from the Bush administration has been held accountable for torture. But the guard from Abu Ghraib prison is still behind bars, and his family wants to know why.
By Mark Benjamin

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  • Monday, December 1, 2008 01:37 PM

    "take the fall" ?? hardly. He refused to plea bargain, went to trial, was found guilty and was sentenced ....

    I don't believe Graner's incarceration serves any purpose ... but I believe most (if not all) of his cohorts pled out, pled GUILTY to lesser charges ... they "cooperated" and "accepted responsibility" while Graner appears to STILL resist accepting any judgment but his own ... and, like other people found GUILTY, he will likely stay in prison until he gets beyond the "unfairness" of it all. Parole boards really aren't interested in releasing the "unrepentant."

    IMHO, he is martyring himself .... As I wrote earlier, his sentiments as expressed in this article will be used against him ...

    —susan sunflower Read susan sunflower's other letters

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