Mistrial Declared in Lawsuit Filed by Fmr Abu Ghraib Prisoners

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A judge declared a mistrial Thursday after a jury said it was deadlocked and could not reach a verdict in the trial of a military contractor accused of contributing to the abuse of detainees at the Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq two decades ago.

The eight-member civil jury in Alexandria deadlocked on accusations the civilian interrogators who were supplied to the U.S. Army at Abu Ghraib in 2003 and 2004 had conspired with soldiers there to abuse detainees as a means of "softening them up" for questioning.

They jury sent out a note Wednesday afternoon saying it was deadlocked, and indicasting in particular that it was hung up on a legal principle known as the "borrowed Servants" doctrine.Asked if they would do so, Baher Azmy with the Center for Constitutional Rights, one of their lawyers, said, "The work we put in to this case is a fraction of what they endured as survivors of the horrors of Abu Ghraib, and we want to honor their courage.

The evidence included reports from two retired Army generals, who documented the abuse and concluded that multiple CACI interrogators were complicit in the abuse.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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