Prosecutors demand 80-year sentence for Charles Taylor

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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Prosecutors have demanded an 80-year jail term for former Liberian president Charles Taylor who was last week convicted of aiding and abetting crimes against humanity. In a brief filed to judges at a special court in The Hague, the prosecution said Taylor's position as a head of state and the "length of time during which the crimes continued" were aggravating circumstances that necessitated a lengthy jail term. ...




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