TOLEDO, Ohio -- A Marine convicted of abusing an Iraqi prisoner was granted clemency last week and has returned to his base in North Carolina, according to his father.
Pfc. Andrew J. Sting, of Bradner, sought clemency after pleading guilty in May to giving electric shocks to an Iraqi prisoner he was guarding. He said he was following his sergeant's order.
Sting was sentenced to a year in prison, a reduction of rank, forfeiture of pay and a bad-conduct discharge.
His father, Jeffery Sting, told The Blade that the commanding general of the 1st Marine Division issued the clemency order.......
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