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Court Martial proceeding was brought against Sgt. Javal S. Davis, a key figure in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal. This document contains the charges; investigative report; defense motions; transcripts and other material associated with ...

Feb. 15, 2006
UCMJ (Court-Martial, Article 32), Judicial (Transcript)
Javal Sean Davis
Chart lists the cases of detainee abuse, their location and other information concerning the handling and management of the case load.
OJAG email to DOD officials, the email discusses the initiation of a CID investigation into alleged detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib.
Email includes the Commanding General's guidance regarding probable cause review of detainees.
Dec. 21, 2005
Email
Carter F. Ham
This document is a heavily redacted Report by investigating officers pertaining to an AR-15 investigation in to a matter out of Forward Operating Base Raider, Tikrit, Iraq. There is no a narrative or discernible fact or specifics in the report.
Memo relating six records of detainee-related offenses between October 2001 and July 2004 at Guantanamo Bay. Some facts and all names are redacted. Accusations in the records are of assault, battery, verbal harassment, dereliction of improper ...
Nov. 30, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Chart/List
Other
This Court Martial record discusses the court martial proceedings of Private First Class Edward L. Richmond, Jr., he was charged with murder for shooting and killing an Iraqi civilian-farmer on or about February 28, 2004 at or near Taal Al Jal, ...
Nov. 30, 2005
UCMJ (Court-Martial)
Edward L. Richmond, John R. Batiste, Richard H. Baker, Rodney Alexander
Muhamad Husain Kadir
Other
This is the Court Martial record (Volume 2 of 7) of Private First Class Edward L. Richmond, Jr., who was charged with murder for shooting and killing an Iraqi civilian-farmer on or about February 28, 2004 at or near Taal Al Jal, Iraq. Included ...
Nov. 30, 2005
UCMJ (Court-Martial)
Edward L. Richmond, John R. Batiste
Muhamad Husain Kadir
Other
This is the Court Martial record (Volume 3 of 7) of Private First Class Edward L. Richmond, Jr., who was charged with murder for shooting and killing an Iraqi civilian-farmer on or about February 28, 2004 at or near Taal Al Jal, Iraq. Included in ...
Nov. 30, 2005
UCMJ (Court-Martial)
Edward L. Richmond, John R. Batiste
Muhamad Husain Kadir
Other
This is the Court Martial record (Volume 4 of 7), the record of trial, of Private First Class Edward L. Richmond, Jr., who was charged with murder for shooting and killing an Iraqi civilian-farmer on or about February 28, 2004 at or near Taal Al ...
Nov. 30, 2005
UCMJ (Court-Martial)
Edward L. Richmond
Muhamad Husain Kadir
Other