Taylor was placed in a Nigerian Government jet with military guard and flown to Monrovia. Peacekeepers arrested him on the tarmac and put aboard a UN helicopter headed for Freetown, where he was handed over to the Special Court for Sierra Leone. Alex Tamba Brima a. Trial Judgment July 19, guilty, 50 years single term of imprisonment. Appeal Judgment February 22, guilty, 50 years single term of imprisonment.
Brima Bazzy Kamara a. Trial Judgment July 19, guilty, 45 years single term of imprisonment. Appeal Judgment February 22, guilty, 45 years single term of imprisonment. Santigie Borbor Kanu a. Khanu, S. Died February 22, Trial Judgment October 9, guilty on several counts, 6 years total term of imprisonment. Appeal Judgment May 28, , guilty on several counts, 15 years total term of imprisonment. Allieu Kondewa a.
Trial Judgment October 9, guilty on several counts, 8 years total term of imprisonment. Appeal Judgment May 28, , guilty on several counts, 20 years total term of imprisonment. Issa Hassan Sesay a. Trial Judgment February 25, guilty on 16 counts, sentenced to 52 years of imprisonment. The Appeals Chamber upheld the sentence on October 26, Morris Kallon a. During the Junta regime member of the Junta Governing Body.
Trial judgment February 25, guilty on 16 counts, sentenced to 40 years imprisonment. Augustine Gbao a. Trial judgment February 25, guilty on 14 counts, sentenced to 25 years imprisonment. The Special Court issued indictments against three other individuals. The whereabouts and fate of Johnny Paul Koroma a. The indictment against him remains in force. In this case, the prosecutor determined that the evidence led him to Mr. The temporal jurisdiction of the Special Court refers to its power to prosecute only those crimes committed from November 30, While the court can hear evidence of crimes committed prior to November 30, , it cannot find an accused guilty of any such crimes committed prior to that cut-off date.
During Mr. Taylor was involved. While the prosecution can argue that these issues will build the foundation for the main charges against Mr. Taylor, the judges will not find him guilty based on any activities that occurred prior to November 30, During the trial of Mr. Taylor, many witnesses have spoken about events which took place in Liberia. The court, however, will only consider those events that took place in Sierra Leone or those events that took place in Liberia but were directly a part of the events taking place in Sierra Leone.
Taylor was present, then such issues will be considered as part of events in Sierra Leone. Or if a witness testifies about arms or diamond trade in Liberia, but which were meant to impact the war in Sierra Leone, those issues will be considered as part of the evidence relating to the war in Sierra Leone.
The Prosecutor unseals the indictment while Charles Taylor was attending peace talks with other African leaders in Ghana. African heads of state seek to convince Mr. Taylor to step down as president of Liberia in order to bring the Liberian conflict to a peaceful conclusion.
Lawyers on behalf of Charles Taylor file a Motion made under protest and without waiving of immunity accorded to a head of state President Charles Ghankay Taylor, requesting that the Trial Chamber quash the approved indictment of March 7, The prosecution files a Response to the defense Motion to quash the indictment against Charles Taylor.
The Appeals Chamber dismisses the Motion brought on behalf of Charles Taylor on July 23, that challenged his indictment on the grounds of sovereign immunity and extraterritoriality.
The Trial Chamber approves an amended indictment, reducing the counts in the indictment against Charles Taylor from 17 to Charles Taylor is apprehended by Nigerian authorities after a request for his arrest from Liberian president Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. On the same day, he is transferred to the custody of the Special Court for Sierra Leone. He pleaded not guilty to all charges against him. Charles Taylor refuses to attend the trial and dismisses his legal team, saying that he did not have enough resources for the preparation of his defense.
The trial is adjourned until new counsel was assigned to him. Blah was led in evidence by the then Chief Prosecutor Stephen Rapp. The last prosecution witness, a double amputee, testifies about his ordeal in the hands of Sierra Leonean rebels during the January rebel invasion of the Sierra Leonean capital Freetown. In all, prosecutors led a total of 91 witnesses, 58 of whom were crime base witnesses, 29 insider linkage witnesses and four expert witnesses.
In addition, written statements were admitted from four crime base witnesses and reports were admitted from two additional expert witnesses. Griffiths says that Mr. Taylor was not guilty of the charges against him and that the trial was a conspiracy by western countries, specifically the United States and the United Kingdom, to effect regime change in Liberia. Charles Taylor takes the witness stand and commences his testimony as a witness in his own defense.
Charles Taylor in his testimony alleges CIA involvement in his jail break from a Massachusetts prison. Charles Taylor testifies that he did not know about the establishment of the RUF, the rebel group that he is accused of helping to establish and supporting to wage war in Sierra Leone. Charles Taylor testifies that the international community consented to his contacts with the RUF while he was president of Liberia.
He said that all such contact was geared towards bringing peace to Sierra Leone. Defense counsel Courtenay Griffiths concludes the direct-examination of Charles Taylor. Lead prosecutor Brenda Hollis immediately commences the cross-examination of Mr. Judges grant a prosecution request to use new evidence in the cross-examination of Charles Taylor.
On 29 March , following lengthy negotiations, the Nigerian authorities arrested Taylor near the Cameroonian border as he attempted to flee the country. He was then re-arrested by the Prosecution. Taylor made his initial appearance before Judge Richard Lussick in Freetown, where he pleaded not guilty to all charges. On 20 June he was transferred to The Hague.
Minutes before the trial opened, Taylor sacked his legal team, demanded new counsel, and boycotted his trial. The trial resumed on 7 January The Prosecution called its first witness on 7 January and concluded on 30 January On 5 August the Prosecution was allowed to re-open its case to hear the evidence of three additional witnesses.
The evidence of witnesses was presented to the Court. The Prosecution formally rested its case on 27 February , after the Trial Chamber handed down decisions on pending motions. On 27 February , the day the Prosecution rested its case, the Defence announced it would file a Rule 78 motion, a Motion for Judgement of Acquittal. The Trial Chamber heard oral submissions on the motion from the Defence on 6 April and oral submissions from the Prosecution in response on 9 April A UN security council resolution authorising the transfer was swiftly drafted.
Liberia's president, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, expressed confidence that justice would be served and said her government would focus on rebuilding the shattered country.
He returned in to launch a rebellion which installed him as president in at the cost of , lives. When Sierre Leone erupted in civil war he backed the rebels, many of them children high on drugs who were notorious for rape and chopping off limbs. In return, the Liberian leader allegedly gained access to timber and diamond fields. For these and several other reasons, defense lawyers for Taylor want the Appeals Chamber to quash the finding of guilt and sentence against Taylor.
However, judges have also overturned lower sentences imposed by the trial chamber and increased the sentences of commanders of the Civil Defense Forces CDF. If the Appeals Chamber upholds, reduces, or increases the 50 year jail term to which Taylor has been sentenced, he will remain in prison. Throughout the appeal process, Taylor has been serving his sentence at a detention facility in The Hague.
Any decision of the Appeals Chamber would be final and will not be subject to further appeal.
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