Jury finds US defense contractor liable in torture at Abu Ghraib prison

FILE PHOTO: A U.S. soldier stands guard at Abu Ghraib prison west of Baghdad June 19, 2006. REUTERS/Wathiq Khuzaie/Pool/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal jury on Tuesday found U.S. defense contractor CACI International liable for its role in torture at the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad during the Iraq war and ordered it to pay $42 million in damages.

The jury's verdict found the Virginia-based company liable in the torture of Iraqi men at the prison in 2003-2004 and ordered it to pay each of the three plaintiffs $14 million in damages, the Center for Constitutional Rights, which represented the plaintiffs, said in a statement.