The U.S. Army finished its investigation into the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal and a grand total of one general was held responsible indirectly for any actions taken by soldiers at the now infamous Iraqi prison.

Brigadier General Janis Karpinski was the lone general to receive a demotion. She was made a colonel after President Bush approved the demotion. It was Karpinski's reserve unit that was in charge of the Abu Ghraib prison compound when the abuse took place.

The demotion means that Karpinski's career in the army is, for all intents and purposes, over since career officers in the military must rise in rank or leave. In addition to the demotion, Karpinski received a written reprimand and was formally relieved of command of the 800th Military Police Brigade on April 8 according to the Army.

Even Karpinski was only found 'guilty' of two of the four charges against her. She was accused of dereliction of duty, making a 'material misrepresentation' to investigators, failure to obey a lawful order and shoplifting. Only the shoplifting and dereliction of duty allegations were substantiated.

The army officially cleared three more senior ranking generals of any wrongdoing stemming from the scandal. Among those cleared was the top ranking general in Iraq at the time the abuse was going on, Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez.

Neal A. Puckett, Karpinski's attorney, told the Washington Post that the army is claiming 'she's the only senior leader that had any part in this, but they're saying she didn't have a direct part in it.' The Army is severing the chain of command 'right at her eyeball level, and not letting it go higher,' Puckett told the newspaper.

More than one dozen lower ranking officers who were not named also received some form of punishment. Most came in the form of letters of reprimand and/or administrative punishments.

The only remaining American investigation into the prisoner abuse scandal will be conducted by the Senate Armed Services Committee. Their investigation is designed to determine if people were adequately held accountable for their actions at Abu Ghraib.