Soldier faces court-martial in Iraqi prisoner-abuse case.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO) | May 10, 2004 | Copyright

Byline: Harry Levins

ST. LOUIS _ The soldier facing a court-martial next week in the Iraqi prisoner-abuse case will be tried on the middle rung of the Army's three-step judicial ladder.

The soldier _ Spc. Jeremy Sivits, 24, of Hyndman, Pa. _ will go before what military lawyers call a special court-martial.

Military law blocks a special court-martial from handing down the strictest punishments. Only a trial on the top rung, known as a general court-martial, can end that way.

But a special court-martial can impose stiffer punishment than ...

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