Megan Ambuhl, of New Orleans, Louisiana, is one of several United States military police officers who have been charged with torturing prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. (See Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse) She began work as a prison guard at Abu Ghraib in October 2003. She had joined the reserves after the September 11, 2001 attacks. Jump to: navigation, search For information on the events of Hurricane Katrina, see effect of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans. ... Jump to: navigation, search Military police (MPs) are the police of a military organization, generally concerning themselves with law enforcement and security. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... This article contains photographs of torture, nudity, and a deceased person. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The World Trade Center on fire The September 11, 2001 attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001. ...

While enlisted in Army Reserves, Ambuhl majored in political science at Louisiana State University and worked as a janitor in LabCorp in Herndon. She lived in Baton Rouge. In 2005 she married Charles Graner, who was serving time for his role in the Abu Ghraib scandal. The Politics Series Politics Politics Portal Politics by country Political campaigns Political science Political philosophy Related topics Ideology Democracy Democracy Representative democracy History of democracy Referenda Liberal democracy Representation Voting Voting systems Elections Elections Elections by country Elections by calendar Political parties Political party Parties by country Parties by name... Jump to: navigation, search Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College at Baton Rouge, or simply Louisiana State University (LSU) is a public, coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and the main campus of the Louisiana State University System. ... A janitors bucket with mop A janitor or caretaker (term used in British English) is a person who takes care of a building, such as a school, office building, block of flats. ... Herndon is the third-largest town in Virginia, located in Fairfax County, Virginia. ... Jump to: navigation, search Founded Incorporated 1699 16 January 1817  County East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor Melvin Kip Holden Area  - Total  - Water 204. ... Graner poses with Pvt. ...

Charges

Ambuhl was originally charged with six charges, but after her Article 32 hearing, the military equivalent of a grand jury hearing, two charges were dropped, with four remaining:

• Conspiracy to maltreat subordinates and detainees; and
• Dereliction of duty for negligently failing to protect detainees from abuse and cruelty and maltreatment of detainees.

Plea bargain

Ambuhl was convicted on October 30, 2004, of dereliction of duty and sentenced to reduction in rank to private and loss of a half-month’s pay. October 30 is the 303rd day of the year (304th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 62 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Additional charges were dropped in exchange for her guilty plea.

Perspectives

Megan is represented by a Washington, D.C-based civilian lawyer, Harvey J. Volzer. A Newsday article reported that Ambuhl, who has not appeared in any of the photographs that have been released, was not involved in the incidents at Abu Ghraib: ... Jump to: navigation, search A lawyer is a person licensed by the state to advise clients in legal matters and represent them in courts of law and in other forms of dispute resolution. ... Jump to: navigation, search Graduating speaker at Georgetown University, June 1970 http://www. ... Newsday is a daily tabloid newspaper which primarily serves Long Island and the New York City borough of Queens, although it is sold throughout the greater New York City metropolitan area. ... Map of Iraq highlighting Abu Ghraib The city of Abu Ghraib (أبو غريب in Arabic) in Iraq is located 20 km (12 miles) west of Baghdad just north of the Baghdad International Airport. ...

That is a key part of the defense being prepared by Harvey Volzer, a lawyer for Spc. Megan Ambuhl, who England and another soldier both have said was not directly involved in the abuse. Volzer will argue Ambuhl could not have been derelict in her duty to guard prisoners because the memos show that the government believed the rough treatment to get information was justified. "We have multiple legal memoranda ... condoning what these people did," he said.

Volzer was also quoted in a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article:

"They don't have a case against her. They really don't ... She's not in any of the photographs you've seen or in any of the ones you haven't. She's not mentioned in any of the statements of doing anything other than being there. She's being charged because everybody on the night shift was being charged."

Volzer said that Ambuhl hadn't been offered a plea bargain like Sivits, who pleaded guilty at a special court-martial and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in exchange for a year in military prison, demotion to the rank of private and discharge from the Army for bad conduct.

Even if they had offered Ambuhl a similar deal, Volzer said, it wouldn't have made a difference.

Sources

• Fuoco, Michael A., and Cindi Lash. "Not in abuse photos, MP says she's innocent." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: 21 May 2004. 20 June 2004.
• Gordon, Craig. "Battle to defend Lynndie England." Newsday: 20 June 2004. 20 June 2004