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Article: Army Dog Handler Gets Hard Labor, No Jail Time
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- June 3, 2006
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A military police dog handler who was convicted of using his
animal to intimidate a detainee at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq was
sentenced yesterday to 90 days of hard labor, a penalty that will
allow him to stay in the Army without serving a day in jail,
according to his defense attorney.
The sentence also calls for Sgt. Santos A. Cardona, 32, to be
reduced one rank and to forfeit $600 of his monthly pay for 12 months
on his convictions for assaulting a high-value detainee in late 2003
and early 2004 and for dereliction of duty. Cardona will be allowed
to stay with his military police unit at Fort Bragg, N.C., and will