FORT HOOD, Texas - A military jury convicted Army reservist Sabrina Harman on Monday on six of seven counts related to the abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib in a scandal that badly damaged America`s image abroad.
Harman, 27, appeared in some of the most notorious photographs taken at the prison outside Baghdad, including one in which she posed with a pyramid of naked detainees.
She could face a maximum of five and a half years in prison. The court will begin the penalty phase of her trial on Tuesday.
Harman, who showed no reaction as the jury foreman read out the verdict, faced charges of conspiracy, dereliction of duty and maltreatment of subordinates. She and her lawyers had no comment as she left the courthouse at Fort Hood, the largest U.S. Army base.
The jury found Harman not guilty on one charge, that she had maltreated prisoners by photographing and videotaping detainees forced to masturbate in a hallway at Abu Ghraib. A conviction on that charge could have added an additional year to her sentence.
Six other Americans have pleaded guilty to Abu Ghraib charges and ringleader Charles Graner was convicted at a January court-martial to ten years behind bars.