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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Lawyers for a former CIA contractor charged with beating an Afghan detainee who later died rested their case Tuesday after a pathologist testified the prisoner was beaten less seriously than prosecution witnesses have contended.
Dr. Donald Jason, a Wake Forest University professor, disagreed with testimony from prosecution witnesses that photos of Abdul Wali's body and testimony from guards were enough to conclude that he probably died from beatings. No autopsy was conducted.
Jason testified in the trial of David Passaro, who is accused of beating Wali during questioning about rocket attacks on a remote base where Passaro was stationed in 2003 along with U.S. and Afghan troops. Passaro, who is not charged in Wali's death, is the first American civilian charged with mistreating a detainee during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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