1. On January 14,2005, Charles Graner was found guilty under the Uniform Code of Military Justice on charges of conspiracy to maltreat detainees, failing to protect detainees from abuse, cruelty, and maltreatment, as well as charges of assault, indecency, and dereliction of duty.
Charles Graner was sentenced to 10 years in prison, demotion to private, dishonorable discharge and forfeiture of pay and allowances.
Charles Graner grew up in Baldwin, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh.
Charles Graner had the Marine Corps emblem and the letters "USMC" tattooed on his upper right biceps.
In 1990, Graner married Staci M Dean, a 19-year-old from Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania.
Charles Graner was in the Marines until May 1996, when he left with the rank of lance corporal.
Charles Graner was deployed during the Gulf War, serving with the 2nd MP Co, originally of 4th FSSG, 4th Marine Division, a Marine Reserve unit based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Shortly after the first one expired, Staci Dean was granted a second protection order, saying Charles Graner had come to her house, thrown her against some furniture, thrown her on the bed, grabbed her arm and hit her face with her arm.
Three years later, Dean called police after Charles Graner came to her house and attacked her.
In November 2003, Charles Graner was awarded a commendation from the Army for serving as an MP in Iraq.
Charles Graner held the rank of specialist in the company during his tour of duty in Iraq.
Charles Graner handcuffed him to the bars of a cell window and left him there, feet dangling off the floor, for nearly five hours.
Charles Graner appeared with Specialist Megan Ambuhl, along with his civilian attorneys and appointed military defense lawyers.
Charles Graner's attorney moved to suppress evidence of statements made to Army investigators during interrogations, as well as seizure of a computer.
Charles Graner entered a not-guilty plea to each of the five charges.
Three soldiers in Charles Graner's unit testified; the first was Specialist Matthew Wisdom, who first reported the situation at Abu Ghraib.
Wisdom said that Charles Graner had enjoyed beating inmates and was the one who first thought of arranging the prisoners in naked human pyramids and other positions.
Testimony continued the next day, as Syrian foreign fighter Ameed al-Sheikh told the court in video testimony that Charles Graner had beaten him while he was recovering from a bullet wound.
Charles Graner was forced to masturbate in public and was one of the men stacked into a pyramid naked.
The main defense was that Charles Graner was following orders from, and supervised by, intelligence officers.
Charles Graner was imprisoned in the United States Disciplinary Barracks in Leavenworth, Kansas.
In 2005, while serving time for his role in the Abu Ghraib scandal, Charles Graner married fellow Abu Ghraib guard Megan Ambuhl.
Charles Graner was in a relationship with fellow soldier, Lynndie England, and they had a child.