Word: maltreated
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...CONVICTED. CHARLES GRANER, 36, U.S. Army reservist and reputed ringleader of a group of abusive guards at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison; on all five charges of assault, conspiracy, maltreat-ment of detainees, committing indecent acts, and dereliction of duty; in the first trial arising from the international scandal that broke with the release of photos showing U.S. soldiers gleefully torturing prisoners; in Fort Hood, Texas. The jury rejected the defense's claims that Graner was just following orders, as well as suggestions that he was merely engaging in "gallows humor...