Taylor's son jailed for 97 years

[formercia]

Source: BBC



Taylor's son jailed for 97 years

"Chuckie" Taylor, the son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor has been sentenced by a US court to 97 years in prison for torture.

It is the first time a US court applied a 1994 law allowing the prosecution of citizens who commit torture overseas.

Chuckie Taylor, 31, who headed a notorious paramilitary unit during his father's rule, said he would appeal.

Charles Taylor is on trial at a court in The Hague - he denies 11 counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7820069.stm

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Poppy's son jailed for 97 Years. Dream on.

[Flagg]

1. See you in 2106, asswipe

:)

[The Second Stone]

2. Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld

are hopefully going to join him soon.

[Doctor_J]

3. Pssh. If he lived here, he'd get a Medal Of Freedom

Wrong place, wrong time Chuckie

[High Plains]

4. How do US courts claim standing to try people for crimes in other countries?

Can Liberia prosecute Cheney?

[Judi Lynn]

5. Gee, why didn't his dad's good friend, Pat Robertson do the right thing, and PRAY for him?

Pat Robertson dropped the ball here.

http://bastardlogic.files.wordpress.com.nyud.net:8090/2007/01/pat-robertson.jpg

Pray, Pat, pray!

Who doesn't remember his close association with Taylor and Liberia's GOLD? God bless Pat's heart, dagnabbit! They call their enterprise there "Freedom Gold!" Hallelujah.

http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com.nyud.net:8090/atlas_shrugs/images/2008/02/13/berzerkely.jpg

[Lance_Boyle]

8. Diamonds, not gold.

Pat Robertson LOVES his some Taylor family jewels...

[Judi Lynn]

9. He has time for FREEDOM GOLD, too. Gots to have it all.

From the Washington Post:

~snip~
But in May 1999, Robertson, through Freedom Gold Limited, an offshore company registered in the Cayman Islands but based at CBN headquarters in Virginia Beach, signed an agreement with Taylor and key cabinet members allowing the for-profit Freedom Gold to explore and receive mining rights in southeastern Liberia, where gold is believed to be in the ground.

It's a great deal for Liberia, which is now an economic basket case thanks to the long civil war and Taylor's corruption. It's also good for Freedom Gold, which was formed by Robertson in 1998. Liberia -- and for all practical purposes we're talking Taylor -- gains 10 percent ownership of Freedom Gold.

~snip~
He said gold has been found, but whether it is a viable venture has not been determined. Mathews confirmed reports that Freedom Gold is committed to spend $15 million during the exploration phase, but he said it has yet to spend anything close to that amount. The deal with Liberia gives Freedom Gold exploration rights for five years, and an additional "20 years to mine it," Mathews said. Liberia is currently collecting exploration and rental fees from Freedom Gold; the government also will pocket royalties and rental fees once production gets underway.

Yesterday Fisher also faxed a letter stating that the company has shown it is "a responsible corporate citizen." He cited company-built wells and pumps for safe drinking water, a free medical clinic that serves 1,000 patients a month from surrounding villages and the construction of roads and bridges to reach the area. "Freedom Gold has done more for the people in this region in the last two years than any other company over the last thirty years," he said, adding that the company intends to contribute even more.

Taylor needs the cash. His country is in ruins, though he and Madam Jewel Howard Taylor live well, thanks to sales of Liberia's precious resources and concession fees from foreign investors such as Freedom Gold.

Monrovia, the country's capital, is the pits: sporadic running water and electricity, hungry and malnourished children. And the countryside, where illiteracy is up to 70 percent and fighting still rages, is worse off.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A7124-2001Sep21

http://www.newsday.com.nyud.net:8090/media/photo/2005-08/19180888.jpg

[indepat]

6. Ludicrous, just ludicrous in view of policies emanating from junior's cabal

:P

[HomerRamone]

7. Well he still has his sneaker fortune nt