<p>In November 2005, a group of US Marines killed 24 civilians in Haditha, Iraq. The case against them became one of the most high-profile war crimes prosecutions in US history—but then it fell apart. Only one Marine went to trial for the killings, and all he received was a slap on the wrist. Even his own defense attorney found the outcome shocking. </p><p>“It's meaningless," said attorney Haytham Faraj. “The government decided not to hold anybody accountable. I mean, I don't know, I don't know how else to put it.”</p><p>The Haditha massacre, as it came to be known, is the subject of the current season of <em>The</em> <em>New Yorker</em>’s <em>In the Dark</em> podcast and this week’s episode of <em>Reveal</em>. Reporter Madeleine Baran and her team spent four years looking into what happened at Haditha and why no one was held accountable. They also uncovered a previously unreported killing that happened that same day, a 25th victim whose story had never before been told. </p><p>Photos from this story, as well as a searchable database of military war crimes, can be found at <a href="http://newyorker.com/season-3"><strong>newyorker.com/season-3</strong></a>.</p><ul> <li>Support Reveal’s journalism at<a href="https://checkout.fundjournalism.org/memberform?org_id=cir&amp;amount=15&amp;installmentPeriod=monthly&amp;utm_source=reveal-podcast&amp;utm_medium=partner-website&amp;utm_campaign=membership_2022_podcastdescription&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_term=&amp;campaign=7015d000001wAmaAAE"><strong> Revealnews.org/donatenow</strong></a> </li> <li>Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get the scoop on new episodes at<a href="http://revealnews.org?utm_source=reveal-podcast&amp;utm_medium=partner-website&amp;utm_campaign=membership_2022_podcastdescription&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_term=&amp;campaign="><strong> Revealnews.org/newsletter</strong></a> </li> <li> <em>Connect with us on</em><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/revealnews.org"><strong><em>Bluesky</em></strong></a><em>,</em><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ThisIsReveal"><strong><em> Facebook</em></strong></a><em> and</em><a href="https://www.instagram.com/revealnews/"><strong><em> Instagram</em></strong></a> </li> </ul> Learn about your ad choices: <a href="https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices">dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices</a>