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Taylor Wants Appeal Judges Removed

Former President Charles Taylor's lawyers are requesting that a new appeal panel composed of judges who did not participate in the decision and sanction against Justice Sow, the alternative judge whose statement of dissent at the April 26 verdict of Taylor sparked concern.

  • Liberia:   Taylor Wants Appeal Judges Removed

    New Dawn, 13 August 2012

    Lawyers representing ex-president Charles Taylor have filed a motion requesting the voluntary withdrawal or disqualification of Appeals Chamber judges from his (Taylor's) appeals… Read more »

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Al Jazeera television records the moment Charles Taylor was sentenced.

  • Liberia:   Taylor Appeals

    New Democrat, 23 July 2012

    Liberia's ex-president Charles Taylor has appealed against his conviction and 50-year jail sentence, intended to be served in a British jail, after he was convicted of war crimes… Read more »

  • Sierra Leone:   Both Charles Taylor and Prosecution to Appeal

    CharlesTaylorTrial.org, 20 July 2012

    Prosecution and Defense teams in the case of convicted former president of Liberia Charles Taylor will appeal various aspects of the judgment and sentence delivered by the Trial… Read more »

  • Liberia:   Taylor Formally Files Appeals

    New Dawn, 20 July 2012

    Former President Charles Taylor has formally filed an appeal against his conviction and 50-year jail sentence for war crimes committed in Sierra Leone, the UN backed Special Court… Read more »

  • Liberia:   'Taylor's Lawyer Says Trial Was Fair'

    Informer, 13 June 2012

    The Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, Brenda Hollis, has disclosed that one of former Liberian President Charles Taylor's lawyers has commended the fairness… Read more »

  • Liberia:   Appeal Chamber Could Overturn Verdict

    New Dawn, 13 June 2012

    Ex-president Charles Taylor is said to be hopeful that judges at the Appeal Chamber of the UN backed special court for Sierra Leone would see sufficient reason in his appeal to… Read more »

  • Sierra Leone:   Taylor's Appeal Judgment Due Next Year

    Heritage, 13 June 2012

    The appeal verdict against the 50- year- jail sentence of former Liberian President Charles G. Taylor is due next year, the Chief Prosecutor of the UN-backed Special Court for… Read more »

  • Liberia:   Taylor Slapped 50 Years Jail Term

    Informer, 31 May 2012

    Judges at an international war crimes court yesterday (May 30, 2012) sentenced Liberia's former president Charles Taylor to 50 years in prison for war crimes during the… Read more »

  • Sierra Leone:   Charles Taylor to Serve 50 Years

    RNW Africa, 30 May 2012

    Former Liberian President Charles Taylor has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for "some of the most heinous crimes recorded in human history" following a hearing at the Special… Read more »

  • Liberia:   Taylor Hangs On Appeal - Gets 50 Years

    New Dawn, 31 May 2012

    It appears that ex-president Charles Taylor will not be going to his new home immediately, all because his lawyers Wednesday announced that they will take an appeal to the judgment… Read more »

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