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	<title>The Trial of Charles Taylor</title>
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		<title>Charles Taylor’s Former Investigator Sentenced to Two and Half years in Jail</title>
		<link>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2013/02/11/charles-taylors-former-investigator-sentenced-to-two-and-half-years-in-jail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:40:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Sesay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A judge of the Special Court for Sierra Leone has sentenced Prince Taylor, an investigator for former Liberian President Charles Taylor, to two and the half years in jail after convicting him on five counts of contempt of court. Prince Taylor was convicted by Justice Teresa Doherty on January 25, 2013, and his sentence was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appeals Chamber Concludes Oral Hearings in Charles Taylor’s Appeal</title>
		<link>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2013/01/29/appeals-chamber-concludes-oral-hearings-in-charles-taylors-appeal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Sesay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oral hearings in the Charles Taylor appeals case continued into a second day on Wednesday, January 23, as both prosecution and defense lawyers responded to each other’s submissions made one day earlier. On the previous Tuesday, January 22, prosecution and defense lawyers made submissions to a panel of five Appeals Chamber judges, making emphasis mainly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parties in Taylor Trial Make Appeals Submissions</title>
		<link>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2013/01/22/parties-in-taylor-trial-make-appeals-submissions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2013/01/22/parties-in-taylor-trial-make-appeals-submissions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Easterday</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On April 26, 2012, Trial Chamber II of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) convicted Taylor of aiding and abetting the commission of serious crimes including rape, murder, and destruction of civilian property committed by the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) and Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) forces in Sierra Leone from November 30, 1996 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charles Taylor Oral Appeal Hearings&#8211;Tuesday Jan. 22 and Wednesday Jan. 23 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2013/01/19/charles-taylor-oral-appeal-hearings-tuesday-jan-22-and-wednesday-jan-23-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2013/01/19/charles-taylor-oral-appeal-hearings-tuesday-jan-22-and-wednesday-jan-23-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 22:13:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Sesay</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Appeal Hearings]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Appeals Chamber of the Special Court for Sierra Leone will hear oral submissions from prosecution and defense lawyers in the Charles Taylor appeal on Tuesday January 22 and Wednesday January 23 2012. The hearings will commence on 10:00 AM each day. The statement below was issued by the Public Information Section of the Court, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appeals Hearing in Taylor Case Postponed</title>
		<link>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2012/12/05/appeals-hearing-in-taylor-case-postponed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2012/12/05/appeals-hearing-in-taylor-case-postponed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:49:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taegin Stevenson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Justice El Hadje Malick Sow]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, judges at the Special Court for Sierra Leone postponed the appeals hearing in the case of former Liberian president Charles Taylor. The hearing was originally scheduled to take place tomorrow and Friday of this week. The Appeals Chamber has now set a date of January 22, 2013 for the hearing to commence. On April [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>83</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why the Special Court for Sierra Leone Should Establish an Independent Commission to Address Alternate Judge Sow’s Allegation in the Charles Taylor Case</title>
		<link>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2012/10/01/why-the-special-court-for-sierra-leone-should-establish-an-independent-commission-to-address-alternate-judge-sows-allegation-in-the-charles-taylor-case/</link>
		<comments>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2012/10/01/why-the-special-court-for-sierra-leone-should-establish-an-independent-commission-to-address-alternate-judge-sows-allegation-in-the-charles-taylor-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 13:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles C. Jalloh</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alternate Judge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Article 17]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bernard Roling.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Schabas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charles jalloh]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[El-Hadj Malick Sow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George King]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Criminal Law in Ferment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jon Kamanda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Sebutinde]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justice Teresa Doherty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Lussick]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear readers – The article below is written by Professor Charles C. Jalloh at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. The views and opinions expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the Open Society Justice Initiative. Introduction On April 26, 2012, after Presiding Judge Richard Lussick read out the summary of Trial [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>32</slash:comments>
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		<title>Public Reaction in Sierra Leone to the Judgment of Charles Taylor</title>
		<link>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2012/08/02/will-we-get-our-hands-and-feet-back-public-reaction-in-sierra-leone-to-the-judgment-of-charles-taylor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2012/08/02/will-we-get-our-hands-and-feet-back-public-reaction-in-sierra-leone-to-the-judgment-of-charles-taylor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eleanor Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Center for Accountability and Rule of Law-Sierra Leone]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the support of the Open Society Justice Initiative, the Center for Accountability and Rule of Law-Sierra Leone (CARL-SL) and the Fourah Bay College Human Rights Clinic (FBCHRC) conducted a series of outreach events in July 2012 in Freetown, Kenema, Kailahun, Kono, and Makeni to inform the Sierra Leone people about the judgment of the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>82</slash:comments>
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		<title>Prosecution and Defense to Appeal Charles Taylor Judgment and Sentence</title>
		<link>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2012/07/20/prosecution-and-defense-to-appeal-charles-taylor-judgment-and-sentence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2012/07/20/prosecution-and-defense-to-appeal-charles-taylor-judgment-and-sentence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2012 17:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Sesay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 Chamber judges of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL). This was made clear in separate filings made by the parties this week. The Trial Chamber judges [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>38</slash:comments>
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		<title>Charles Taylor Sentenced to 50 Years in Jail</title>
		<link>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2012/05/30/charles-taylor-sentenced-to-50-years-in-jail/</link>
		<comments>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2012/05/30/charles-taylor-sentenced-to-50-years-in-jail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 11:04:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Sesay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Special Court for Sierra Leone judges in The Hague have sentenced former Liberian President Charles Taylor to a jail-term of 50 years after he was convicted of aiding and abetting the commission of serious crimes in Sierra Leone. He was also convicted of planning attacks on various towns including the diamond rich town of Kono in [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>191</slash:comments>
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		<title>At Prosecution and Defense Oral Arguments on Sentencing, Charles Taylor Makes Public Statement</title>
		<link>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2012/05/16/at-prosecution-and-defense-oral-arguments-on-sentencing-charles-taylor-makes-public-statement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.charlestaylortrial.org/2012/05/16/at-prosecution-and-defense-oral-arguments-on-sentencing-charles-taylor-makes-public-statement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 17:25:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Sesay</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brenda Hollis]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Courtenay Griffiths]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, convicted former Liberian president Charles Taylor made what might be his final public statement in court before Special Court for Sierra Leone judges in The Hague as his defense lawyers and prosecutors made oral submissions on the possible sentence he should serve after being convicted for his involvement in Sierra Leone’s 11 year civil [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>136</slash:comments>
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