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Sweden tells UN it canÂ’t imprison Taylor for now
2006-04-14
STOCKHOLM - Sweden has told the United Nations that its current legal framework does not enable it to imprison LiberiaÂ’s ex-president Charles Taylor if he is convicted of crimes against humanity, the foreign ministry said on Thursday.

The UN had asked Sweden and several other countries whether they would consider the possibility of imprisoning Taylor if he is convicted. “We can’t make any commitments at this point... We don’t have the appropriate legal framework,” Swedish foreign ministry spokesman John Zanchi told AFP.
"And he's ucky."
However, SwedenÂ’s parliament is due to consider new legislation this summer that would enable the Scandinavian country to take in Taylor, Zanchi said. Under current Swedish law, the country can only assist the International Criminal Court (ICC), and the UN non-permanent courts the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).

The former Liberian leader and ex-warlord has been indicted by the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone on charges stemming from atrocities committed during Sierra LeoneÂ’s brutal civil war. If the Swedish law is changed, Sweden may at that point reconsider a new request from the UN, Zanchi said.
They'll get around to it, you betcha.
Posted by:Steve White

#8  Yes John, you're right, unfortunately. Article 19 Article 8 seems a bit odd...
I can't blame the Swedes for not wanting him: I'm trying to imagine somebody offering us a maximum security prisoner to hang onto for life.
Posted by: James   2006-04-14 19:42  

#7  However, SwedenÂ’s parliament is due to consider new legislation this summer that would enable the Scandinavian country to take in Taylor


sounds like he's not there...yet. He needs to fall down the stairs. Or use Benin Savan's elevator
Posted by: Frank G   2006-04-14 17:12  

#6  Maximum is a life sentence.

Yeah, in the courtroom, like Slobo.
Posted by: Jackal   2006-04-14 15:29  

#5  The ICC and other UN Tribunals cannot award the death penalty.

Maximum is a life sentence.


Posted by: john   2006-04-14 12:40  

#4  Did they ask if anybody was willing to hang him, if that should be the verdict?
Posted by: James   2006-04-14 12:18  

#3  Hello Charlie, this is Hans, This is Bjorn, and I'm Sven. Vould you like to play some Parcheesi? Then aftervards, ve could have the sex, no?
Posted by: mcsegeek1   2006-04-14 10:14  

#2  For some reason, unlike "Turkish prison", "Swedish prison" dosen't exactly send chills down my spine...
Posted by: tu3031   2006-04-14 09:49  

#1  So he gets to stay in a Swedish prison?

Send Taylor to the filthiest prison in Africa. Let him share a cell with ten other men, sleeping on a concrete floor, all fighting to use the single bucket in the corner that is the toilet.

Maybe then he will think about what he has done, all the children he kidnapped for his army, as soldiers and sex slaves, all those whose hands were cut off, who were forced to bash in the heads of their own parents.

Posted by: john   2006-04-14 09:43  

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