Media: 108 deaths in custody

various media outlets report that an estimated 108 people have died in U.S. custody in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, and roughly a quarter of the cases have been investigated as possible U.S. abuse, according to government data provided to The Associated Press. Human-rights groups say there are others.

Of the prisoner deaths:

• At least 26 have been investigated as criminal homicides involving possible abuse.
• At least 29 are attributed to suspected natural causes or accident.
• Twenty-two died during an insurgent mortar attack on April 6, 2004, on Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
• At least 21 are attributed to "justifiable homicide," when U.S. troops used deadly force against rioting, escaping or threatening prisoners, and investigations found the troops acted appropriately.