He concluded by saying: "I didn't enjoy what I did there. ... A lot of it was wrong, a lot of it was criminal."
Holley, the co-prosecutor, said in his final statement that Graner was a disgrace to the military and urged the 10 jurors to send him to prison for the maximum sentence.
Many Iraqis reacted angrily yesterday to news that Graner had been sentenced to 10 years in jail for his role in prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib, saying he should have faced harsher punishment.
But struggling to cope with daily violence, crime, and fuel and food shortages, and fearing more bloodshed ahead of Jan. 30 elections, most said they had paid little attention to Graner's court martial.
Some said members of Saddam Hussein's regime responsible for torture and killing at the notorious prison west of Baghdad before the US-led invasion should also be brought to justice.
"It's too little. This isn't justice," trader Ali Ahmed, 23, said of Graner's sentence.
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