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Three Years for Lynndie England

Army PFC Lynndie England will spend three years in prison for her involvement in the detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib prison. England, who was convicted Monday on six of seven counts involving prisoner mistreatment, spent some time with her 11-month-old son, Carter, before being escorted out of the Fort Hood courthouse Wednesday.

She stared straight ahead as she made her way to an awaiting van. England`s face was the most recognizable in the pictures involving nine low-ranking reservists. The pictures severely damaged America`s image in the Muslim world, and tarnished the U.S. military at home and abroad.

In some of the pictures, England is shown holding a naked prisoner on a leash, posing with a pyramid of naked detainees and pointing at the genitals of a prisoner while a cigarette hangs from the corner of her mouth. She claimed that she was just following orders.