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Charles Taylor seeks sentence based on 'reconciliation'
Former Liberian president Charles Taylor [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] asked Wednesday to be sentenced with an eye toward "reconciliation, not retribution." Speaking during a sentencing hearing before the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra L (More) |
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The Verdict(s) in the Charles Taylor Case
JURIST Columnist Charles C. Jalloh of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law examines the role of Alternate Judge El Hadji Malick Sow in Charles Taylor's trial and recent conviction and discusses the implications of Sow's decision to publicly dis (More) |
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Charles Taylor prosecutors seeking 80-year sentence for war crimes
The chief prosecutor at the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) recommended Thursday that former Liberian president Charles Taylor [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] be sentenced to 80 years for war crimes. Taylor was convicted last week on all (More) |
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Charles Taylor's Conviction: Reflections of a Prosecutor
JURIST Contributing Editor David Crane of Syracuse University College of Law says that Charles Taylor's conviction should serve as a warning to others who commit war crimes and crimes against humanity... (More) |
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Charles Taylor convicted of war crimes
The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) on Thursday convicted [judgment summary, PDF; press release, PDF] former Liberian president Charles Taylor [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] on all 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity durin (More) |
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Liberia man removed from US for human rights abuses
George Boley, former leader of the Liberian Peace Council (LPC), was removed from the US on Saturday for his role in human rights abuses in the 1990s during the Liberian Civil War . An immigration judge ordered his removal from the US in February f (More) |
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Scheduling Judgment Day: Ending the Charles Taylor Trial
JURIST Columnist Charles C. Jalloh of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that the date set for the verdict in the Charles Taylor case by the Special Court for Sierra Leone is inappropriate given the fact that it coincides with an importa (More) |
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ICJ and Habre: A Possible End to a Long Road to Accountability
JURIST Guest Columnist Chandra Sriram of the University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies, School of Law says that the ICJ should order Senegal to extradite former Chadian president Hissène Habré to Belgium to face prosecuti (More) |
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Charles Taylor and the Delayed Special Court for Sierra Leone Judgment
JURIST Columnist Charles Jalloh of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that the Special Court for Sierra Leone must set a date to release its ruling on the war crimes charges against former Liberian president Charles Taylor so that it can (More) |
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Lawyers for ex-Liberia president Taylor seek to reopen war crimes case
Lawyers for former Liberian president Charles Taylor [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] requested Tuesday that the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) reopen Taylor's war crimes case in light of new evidence, including a recent report by the UN (More) |
"Lord Haw-Haw" sentenced to death for broadcasting Nazi propaganda
On September 19, 1945, a British court sentenced to death American-born William Joyce, known as "Lord Haw-Haw," for his Nazi propaganda broadcasts during World War II.
The photo above shows Joyce addessing a rally of British fascists in the 1930s. Listen to a montage of clips from Joyce's broadcasts, with Joyce's trademark introduction "Germany calling, Germany calling...". Joyce was hanged on January 6, 1946.
