Craig McNeil

Born in 1968 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Bronze Star Medal recipient Craig A. McNeil served as the command judge advocate (base lawyer) at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq in 2004. After learning of the prisoner abuses committed in late 2003, McNeil assisted the base commander in enforcing standards of compliance with the Geneva Conventions and assisted in the preparation of the criminal prosecution of military personnel involved in the scandal. McNeil served as a prosecutor during the trial of Specialist Armin Cruz, the first Military Intelligence soldier convicted of prisoner abuse.

McNeil, a veteran of the Iraqi war and the peace-keeping mission in Kosovo has returned home to Texas and now serves as a felony prosecutor. He is a graduate of New Mexico Military Institute, Texas Christian University, and Baylor University School of Law.

He taught criminal justice overseas for the University of Maryland University College and is a contributor to the Village Voice.