07-19-2019, 02:08 PM
"I see". Her eyes darted across the room and locked squarely with Sheridan's. "Ms. Sheridan - have you seen these photographs?" Before the cases began, all briefs were forwarded to Churcher and Commission staff. For this particular case, there were many photographs and medical records of POWs before and after the war, for comparison's sake. Churcher now was brandishing a photograph which appeared to contain a highly emaciated young woman.
"According to the medical report on this young woman, for example, though it's hardly needed as I can see clearly from the picture, there are dozens of electrical burns, her head has been partially shaved, and the part that hasn't is infested with lice. She clearly has not eaten, or at least has not been fed adequately for weeks. I can't tell when a bruise ends and dirt begins, but the accompanying report tells me that the level of internal bleeding contributing to the bruises suggest beating with a blunt instrument, likely the butt of a rifle. And it looks like this poor girl had a manacle around her neck, judging by the impression left behind - the doctor who compiled this report suggests likely she was chained to a wall. Her ears are bleeding, with traces of her own skin and that same blood underneath what's left of her fingernails - like she was trying to stop listening to a noise she couldn't stop."
"Ms. Sheridan, you say incidents like this happened because of in-fighting between POWs - how? Did you give some keys and not others? Did some have guns? Music? Did this POW simply hate the choice of music being played by another?"
"According to the medical report on this young woman, for example, though it's hardly needed as I can see clearly from the picture, there are dozens of electrical burns, her head has been partially shaved, and the part that hasn't is infested with lice. She clearly has not eaten, or at least has not been fed adequately for weeks. I can't tell when a bruise ends and dirt begins, but the accompanying report tells me that the level of internal bleeding contributing to the bruises suggest beating with a blunt instrument, likely the butt of a rifle. And it looks like this poor girl had a manacle around her neck, judging by the impression left behind - the doctor who compiled this report suggests likely she was chained to a wall. Her ears are bleeding, with traces of her own skin and that same blood underneath what's left of her fingernails - like she was trying to stop listening to a noise she couldn't stop."
"Ms. Sheridan, you say incidents like this happened because of in-fighting between POWs - how? Did you give some keys and not others? Did some have guns? Music? Did this POW simply hate the choice of music being played by another?"