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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.

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  • Monday, December 1, 2008 06:05 PM

    @Confucius

    He didn't get 30 days in solitary; he's been in solitary for 29 months out of less than 48 months that he's been incarcerated at Leavenworth.

    Yes, but I doubt whether he was just placed in solitary for 29 months for the odd extra book or similar. The trouble with these kind of articles is that they lack detailed information. The author would have a much better article if he listed all the offenses for which Graner received solitary, with the amount of solitary for each offense, instead of relying on vague innuendoes from the parents who are presumably relaying second-hand information from Graner himself.

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