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On Tuesday, a jury awarded $42 million to three former US military detainees from Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The former detainees were abused by US military police personnel at Iraq’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison, but a Virginia-based military contractor is being held responsible.
An eight-person jury decided the Virginia-based defense contractor, CACI should be held liable for the work of its civilian interrogators who worked alongside the U.S. Army at Abu Ghraib in 2003 and 2004.
While CACI’s interrogators did not abuse the detainees, CACI was found to be complicit because its interrogators conspired with Army military police soldiers to “soften up” the detainees.
During the trial, plaintiffs Suhail Al Shimari, Salah Al-Ejaili, and Asa’ad Al-Zubae testified that they were subjected to beatings, sexual abuse, and cruel treatment while being held at the prison.
The jury awarded them $3 million each in compensatory damages and $11 million each in punitive damages.
The US military publically acknowledged the abuse on January 16, 2004, and began an official investigation.
On February 24, the Army suspended 17 soldiers from duty, and in March, charges were filed against six soldiers.
One of the most infamous soldiers involved was Lynndie Rana England, who was featured in many photos of the abuse.
She was one of 11 military personnel from the 372nd Military Police Company (Army Reserves) who were convicted in 2005 for war crimes related to the abuse at the prison.
She was sentenced to three years in prison and a dishonorable discharge.
England’s superior, Staff Sergeant Ivan “Chip” Frederick II was also featured in numerous photos but received a lengthier sentence.
Frederick was the senior enlisted soldier in charge at the prison from October to December 2003.
As a civilian, outside of the Army Reserves, he worked as a corrections officer at Buckingham Correctional Center in Dillwyn, Virginia before deploying to Iraq.
After pleading guilty to conspiracy, dereliction of duty, maltreatment of detainees, assault, and indecent acts, he was sentenced to 8 years’ confinement and a dishonorable discharge.
He was released on parole in October 2007, after spending four years in prison.
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