Judge declares mistrial in lawsuit filed by former Abu Ghraib prisoners

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — A judge declared a mistrial Thursday after a jury said it was deadlocked in the trial of a military contractor accused of contributing to the abuse of detainees at the Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq two decades ago.  The mistrial came in the jury's eighth day of deliberations. The deliberations went far longer than the trial itself.  The eight-member civil jury in Alexandria deadlocked on accusations the civilian interrogators who were supplied to the U.S. Army at Abu Ghraib...