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"Va. court upholds prisoner abuse conviction"

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"Va. court upholds prisoner abuse conviction": The Associated Press has a report that begins, "A federal appeals court in Virginia has upheld the conviction of the first American civilian found guilty of mistreating a detainee during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan."

According to today's opinion of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, "This case presents novel questions concerning the reach of federal criminal law to acts that an American civilian commits abroad while in service to this Country."

Full post as published by How Appealing on August 11, 2009 (boomark / email).

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