Warlord Charles Taylor to serve 50-year sentence for Sierra Leone war crimes

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I am against the death penalty normally but I could be pursuaded in the case of this disgusting bastard who cause so much misery in Liberia and Sierra Leone. Another one of Ghaddafi's henchmen taken out. I wonder if Naomi Campbell ever sent her dirty pebbles back? I will give some praise to Tony Blair for intervening in Sierra Leone when the rest of the world sat on its hands watching slavery, mutilation and wholesale slaughter and did nothing.

Charles Taylor aided rebels in Sierra Leone during a brutal civil war in the 1990s which left 50,000 people dead. Thousands more were left mutilated in the conflict that became known for the extreme cruelty of rival rebel groups who hacked off the limbs of their victims and carved their initials into opponents. Taylor helped to plan attacks in return for 'blood diamonds' mined by slave labourers in Sierra Leone and political influence in the volatile West African region. He was convicted not only of aiding and abetting Sierra Leone rebels from Liberia, but also for actually planning some of the attacks carried out by Sierra Leone rebel groups, the Revolutionary United Front and the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council.

The trial opened in June 2007 in The Hague. Taylor boycotted the initial proceedings and dismissed his legal team. He pleaded not guilty to all 11 charges. Witness testimony began in January 2008, and ended in November 2010. Closing arguments took place in February and March 2011. The court heard live testimony from over 90 prosecution witnesses, and received written statements from four additional witnesses.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...rs-Sierra-Leone-war-crimes.html#ixzz2hP2W1pRP

 

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