In Virginia, a historic case against U.S. military contractor CACI brought by three Iraqi survivors of torture at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq has ended in mistrial after the jury on Thursday failed to reach a unanimous verdict. The lawsuit against CACI — which was hired to provide interrogation services at Abu Ghraib — was first filed by the Center for Constitutional Rights in 2008. Since then, CACI repeatedly attempted to have the case dismissed. Plaintiffs Suhail Al Shimari, Asa’ad Zuba’e and Salah Al-Ejaili had accused CACI of conspiring to commit war crimes at Abu Ghraib. The three were subjected to sexual abuse and other forms of torture by interrogators, including electric shocks, exposure to extreme temperatures and death threats by their interrogators. We feature a 2014 Democracy Now! interview with Al-Ejaili and speak with Baher Azmy, attorney in the case and legal director of the Center for Constitutional Rights. Azmy notes the men were able to tell their story in a U.S. court even though the jury was ultimately confused by a complicated legal question in the case. “We got historical testimony that makes clear, I think, CACI’s responsibility for these clients’ harms,” says Azmy.