Trial of Liberia's Taylor delayed until Jan '08

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Trial of Liberia's Taylor delayed until Jan '08
Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:41AM EDT

By Alexandra Hudson

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Judges on Monday postponed until
January 2008 the war crimes trial of former Liberian
President Charles Taylor on charges of directing atrocities
in Sierra Leone after his defense asked for more time to
prepare.

Taylor, accused of instigating murder, rape and mutilation
in a quest for diamonds during the West African country's
civil war, boycotted the opening of his trial in June in a
dispute over the resources allocated his defense, prompting
weeks of legal wrangling and repeated delays.

More funds were eventually made available to Taylor with
which a new defense team was appointed last month. The
team requested a delay until next January to prepare their
case.

"In the chamber's view the period of four months is indeed
a reasonable time ... to grapple with a complicated case,"
said Judge Julia Sebutinde, who noted the prosecution had
not opposed the request for more time.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL2024134220070820

[Javaman]

1. I think someone in the state dept did this...

since victor bout is the guy that basically supplies this bastard, and bout has been since in and around iraq supplying various people with weapons while the US looks the other way, I think this suddenly becomes a political issue for those* in on the know in the WH.

[Crowman1979]

2. Hopefully we'll extradite Pat Robertson to the Hague.

Since that scumbag is implicated in Taylor's war crimes as well.

[havocmom]

3. A-MEN!

:thumbsup: