Lynndie England Trial Farce
The latest news on the Lynndie England case:

A military judge Wednesday threw out Pfc. Lynndie England's guilty plea to abusing Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison, saying he was not convinced the Army reservist who appeared in some of the most notorious photos in the scandal knew her actions were wrong at the time.

Now the way military law works is that the judge could have accepted a guilty plea only if England was able to prove that she knew at the time that what she was doing was wrong. Hence, the judge must verify that England wasn't simply talked into a guilty plea by her lawyers or others. This latest ruling resulted in a mistrial, and the case will now be reviewed, with military authorities deciding what charges, if any, will be brought against England.

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