Thursday, April 26, 2012

Judges prepare to deliver Charles Taylor verdicts

Judges prepare to deliver Charles Taylor verdictsFILE -In this April 3, 2006 file photo former Liberian President Charles Taylor makes his first appearance at the Special Court in Freetown. On Thursday April 26, 2012, judges at an international war crimes court will pass judgment on warlord-turned-Liberian president Charles Taylor, who is accused of sponsoring rebels responsible for untold atrocities during Sierra Leone's brutal civil war in return for so-called blood diamonds. The historic verdicts at the Special Court for Sierra Leone will mark the first time an international tribunal has reached judgment in the trial of a former head of state since judges in Nuremberg convicted Karl Doenitz, a naval officer who briefly led Germany after Adolf Hitler's suicide.(AP Photo/George Osodi, Pool, File)
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