Abu Ghraib Victims Win $42 Million Verdict against U.S. Defense Contractor

                On November 12, 2024, a jury in a U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Virginia, found a U.S. defense contractor liable for its participation in the torture of three Iraqi men at Abu Ghraib prison in 2003-2004 in the case of Al Shimari et al v. CACI.  The defendant, CACI, was ordered to pay each of the three plaintiffs $3 million in compensatory damages and $100 million in punitive damages, for a total of $42 million.[1]