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PFC Lynddie England, Laughing All the Way to Prison (AP)

From the AP (via ABC News), an update on Day One of PFC Lynddie England's sentencing hearing. Apparently, she's claiming she got no air at birth:

Defense lawyers sought leniency for Pfc. Lynndie England at a hearing Tuesday to determine her punishment in the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal, with a psychologist testifying that the reservist was oxygen-deprived at birth, speech impaired and had trouble learning to read.

West Virginia school psychologist Dr. Thomas Denne the first defense witness said England's learning disabilities were identified when she was a kindergartner and though she made progress in school, she continued needing special help.

"I knew I was going to know Lynndie England for the rest of my life," West Virginia school psychologist Dr. Thomas Denne said.

A military jury of five men and one woman was seated earlier Tuesday to make a sentencing recommendation for England, 22, who pleaded guilty Monday to seven counts of mistreating prisoners.

Yes, it's all society's fault. You stick with that, lady.