Charles Taylor Receives 50 Year Sentence

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New York Times

Charles Taylor, the ex-President of Liberia, has been sentenced by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to 50 years in prison for a multitude of offenses and crimes against humanity committed during a civil war in Sierra Leone in the 1990s.  Taylor, who is 64, will likely spend the rest of his life in prison.  

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