MIAMI AP - The son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor was sentenced Friday to 97 years in prison for torture overseas in the first U.S. case of its kind.U.S. District Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga imposed the sentence on Charles McArthur Emmanuel, 31, who headed an elite paramilitary unit in the West African country that routinely tortured and killed people viewed as rebels or opponents during his father's presidency.
January 09, 2009 at 12:00 AM
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MIAMI AP – The son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor was sentenced Friday to 97 years in prison for torture overseas in the first U.S. case of its kind.
U.S. District Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga imposed the sentence on Charles McArthur Emmanuel, 31, who headed an elite paramilitary unit in the West African country that routinely tortured and killed people viewed as rebels or opponents during his father’s presidency.
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