News Alert: War-crimes court sentences Charles Taylor to 50 years

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The Washington PostWednesday, May 30, 2012 6:14:55 AM
NEWS ALERT

War-crimes court sentences Charles Taylor to 50 years


LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands — Judges at an international war crimes court have sentenced former Liberian President Charles Taylor to 50 years in prison following his landmark conviction for supporting rebels in Sierra Leone who murdered and mutilated thousands during their country's brutal civil war in return for blood diamonds, the Associated Press reported.

The Special Court for Sierra Leone found Taylor guilty last month on 11 charges of aiding and abetting the rebels who went on a bloody rampage during the decade-long war that ended in 2002 with more than 50,000 dead.


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