Taylor’s Lawyers to Try to Get Case Dismissed
From Times Wire Reports
Lawyers for Charles Taylor will argue for the dismissal of war crimes charges against the former Liberian president, who appears today before a special United Nations tribunal.
Taylor, the first former African president to be charged with crimes against humanity, has repeatedly declared his innocence and will be asked to enter a plea to 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including sexual slavery and mutilation, during Sierra Leone’s 1991-2002 civil war.
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