Former detainees of the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq won Tuesday a $42 million verdict in a civil trial in Virginia against a defense contractor that was accused of assisting the U.S. military in abusing prisoners held at the site in the early 2000s.

The verdict against CACI Premier Technology, which is based in Reston, Va., comes after a previous trial in April resulted in a hung jury. A second trial began in late October at the U.S. District Court in Alexandria.

It also comes after years of legal delays before the first trial was ever heard. The plaintiffs first filed the........

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