Charles Taylor sentenced to 50 years in prison for war crimes

Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor listens to the judge passing his sentencing at the court in The Hague

Judges at an international war crimes court have sentenced Liberia's former president Charles Taylor to 50 years in prison for war crimes during the long-running civil war in Sierra Leone.
Taylor was found guilty last month of 11 counts of aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity by supporting rebels between 1996 and 2002 in return for conflict diamonds. He was convicted of offences including murder, rape, sexual slavery, recruiting child soldiers, enforced amputations and pillage.
Delivering the sentence on Wednesday, Judge Richard Lussick said Taylor's crimes were of the "utmost gravity in terms of scale and brutality".

With this sentence, this guy will only walk free at 108 years!!!

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