Ex-Police Chief From Bosnia Gets 10 Years
The U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague sentenced a former Bosnian Serb police chief to 10 years in prison, showing leniency because he pleaded guilty and testified against other suspects.
The court said Stevan Todorovic had abused his authority as police chief of Bosanski Samac in northern Bosnia in 1992, taking part in offenses against Croats and Muslims.
Todorovic pleaded guilty last year to a single charge of persecution on political, racial or religious grounds--commonly known as “ethnic cleansing.” Prosecutors withdrew 26 counts of murder, torture and sexual abuse.
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