Javal Davis
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Javal 'Sean' Davis, (born 1977/78), is a U.S. army reservist, one of several soldiers charged by the U.S. Army in connection with the 2003-2004 Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal in Baghdad, Iraq during and after the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Davis, with other soldiers, is accused of allowing and inflicting sexual, physical, and psychological abuse of Iraqi prisoners of war. Davis held the rank of sergeant in the 372nd Military Police company during his tour of duty in Iraq.
Davis was born and grew up in Roselle, New Jersey. He attended Abraham Clark High School and played on the track and football teams, a two-time county champion and a state section champion in the 110-meter high hurdle. After graduating in 1994, he moved to Nottingham, Maryland and joined the Army Reserves, working as a power tools salesman. In May 2003, his unit was activated for duty in Iraq.
Davis is married; his wife is in the U.S. Navy. The Washington Post reported that there were allegations of domestic abuse in the marriage:
The couple has a 4-year-old son and 10-year-old daughter. On May 12, 2004, Davis was charged under the Uniform Code of Military Justice with:
- In 1999, Davis's wife told police that he beat and strangled her while she was pregnant. Davis pushed her to the floor, she said in a statement. "I got up and reached for the phone to call 911, but he fought me to get away from the phone," wrote Zeenethia Davis. Javal Davis was charged with two counts of assault but was found not guilty in District Court in Baltimore County after his wife declined to testify.
- Paul Bergrin, Javal Davis's attorney, said the charges grew out of a heated dispute between Davis and his wife. No one was injured, he said. "She admitted that she was the aggressor. She struck him, and he grabbed her. Then the police came to the house and essentially what she said was 'I don't want to prosecute.' And that was the end of it.
- Conspiracy to maltreat detainees;
- Dereliction of duty for willfully failing to protect detainees from abuse;
- Assaulting detainees;
- Maltreatment of detainees.
- Cruelty and maltreatment; and
- Rendering a statement intended to deceive an investigator;
- six months in a military prison;
- reduction in rank to private (E-1); and
- a bad conduct discharge.
External links
- "Court martial results" (http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/read.php?story_id_key=6843)
| Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse |
| Top officials |
| President George W. Bush | Vice President Dick Cheney | Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld | Alberto Gonzales |
| Civilian contractors |
| Steven Stephanowicz | Joe Ryan |
| Defense Department officials and military officers |
| Deputy Undersecretary of Intelligence Stephen Cambone | Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez | Major General Barbara Fast Major General Geoffrey Miller | Colonel Janis Karpinski | Colonel Thomas Pappas | Lieutenant General William Boykin |
| Enlisted soldiers |
| Sergeant Joseph Darby | Sergeant Javal Davis | Private First Class Lynndie England Staff Sergeant Ivan Frederick | Specialist Charles Graner | Specialist Sabrina Harman | Jeremy Sivits |