United States v. Travis

Judge ERDMANN delivered the opinion of the court.

Sergeant Matthew K. Travis was a Marine guard and supervisor at a detention facility in Iraq. In conjunction with other guards, Travis devised a scheme to deal with an unruly Iraqi detainee by attaching electrical wires to the detainee’s cage to prevent the detainee from grabbing the cage. When this failed to electrify the cage, other guards attached the wires directly to the detainee’s *302body. Pursuant to Ms pleas, Travis was found guilty of willful dereliction of duty, attempted cruelty and maltreatment of an Iraqi national detainee, conspiracy…