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On Saturday, Chief Warrant Officer Lewis Welshofer was convicted by a military court of negligent homicide and negligent dereliction of duty, resulting in the death of an Iraqi general he was "interrogating:"

Prosecutors had described Welshofer as a rogue interrogator who became frustrated with Iraqi Maj. Gen. Abed Hamed Mowhoush's refusal to answer questions and escalated his techniques from simple interviews to beatings to simulating drowning, and finally, to death.

The Iraqi's death was caused by Welshofer's "stuffing the Iraqi general headfirst into a sleeping bag and sitting on his chest."

On Monday, Daniel Burns was convicted of trespassing and damaging government property. In 2003, Burns splashed his own blood inside a military recruitment office in protest of the Iraq war.

Protester Burns was sentenced to six months in prison. Welshofer, who caused the death of the Iraqi officer, can be sentenced to a maximum of 60 days of barracks restriction. No jail time.

Go figure...