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“Death fears for Taylor safety”
From the May 18, 2012 New Democrat “What could possibly have provoked this rumor?” I wondered, when I saw this headline from last week’s New Democrat. The article is about Taylor’s lawyers noting that...
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Thoughts on the Taylor trial appeals
Both prosecution and defense have appealed Charles Taylor’s verdict and sentence. Taylor was found guilty only of aiding and abetting the RUF. The prosecution is appealing on the grounds that the...
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On camera cancer beams and Taylor’s doctorate
Nicholas Jahr has written the most interesting article I’ve seen on the Charles Taylor trial. (h/t to Dan) “My name is Dankpannah Dr. Charles Ghankay Taylor, the 21st President of the Republic of...
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Human Rights Watch report on Taylor trial
Highlights from a new Human Rights Watch report on the Charles Taylor trial: The indictment could have been narrower, and still representative of crimes committed. This would have shortened the length...
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Taylor Defense hopes alternate judge will testify
Charles Taylor’s defense team hopes to call the alternate judge (the guy who tried to say something after the verdict was announced, but the live feed was cut off) to testify during the appeals...
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Interpretations of aiding and abetting
Analysis from Alpha Sesay on the Charles Taylor appeal ruling, via the Trial of Charles Taylor blog: Before today’s judgment, there was a lot of anxiety among observers about whether the recent...
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Cyril Allen: “If [the British] try to make Taylor uncomfortable […] we can...
Below is an excerpt from an AFP article on Charles Taylor. Taylor’s wife says he is upset both about daily strip searches and being treated the same as everyone else at a British maximum security...
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Site to search Charles Taylor trial transcripts
SayIt (a website that I’m not completely sure I understand) has a page where you can easily search the entirety of transcripts from the Charles Taylor trial. H/t to Matt. From the...
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Charles Taylor and Firestone
The part of the PBS/ProPublic documentary Charles Taylor and Firestone that was really shocking was the extent to which Firestone supported Taylor in the early 1990s. They could not operate without his...
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American Warlord
All the advantages of being the president’s son yielded very little in the way of easy profits for Chucky. Even with the deck stacked entirely in his favor, he failed to distinguish himself in the...
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