09-27-13 DBA BUTTY - LIBERIA - TAYLOR VERDICT REACT

THE FORMER CHAIRMAN OF CHARLES TAYLOR’S FORMER NATIONAL PATRIOTIC PARTY SAYS THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT WAS SET UP TO “SUBDUE AFRICAN LEADERS” AND CREATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MANIPULATE THEM. CHIEF CYRIL ALLEN WAS REACTING TO THE U.N-BACKED SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE’S RULING THURSDAY UPHOLDING MR. TAYLOR’S CONVICTION AND 50-YEAR SENTENCE FOR HIS ROLE IN THE SIERRA LEONE CIVIL WAR. ALLEN TELLS ME THAT THE SENTENCE DOES NOT FIT THE ALLEGED CRIME.