Tag Archives: Southern District of Florida

Decisions: 11th Circuit Upholds Chucky Taylor’s Torture Conviction, Sentence

15th
Jul. × ’10
By Johnny

More on this later, but here’s the gist from page 87 of the decision: Thank to Piper for pointing this out.

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Court date: 11th Circuit hears Chucky Taylor’s appeal

14th
May. × ’10
By Johnny

I sat in on oral arguments before the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Miami the other morning. For anyone interested in extraterritorial justice and human rights law, this was a bit like a football fan nabbing seats to the first round of the playoffs. Absent the beer and exorbitant ticket price. I’ll be brief since [...]

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Broken news: ICE’s latest HRVWCU arrest

6th
May. × ’10
By Johnny

Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Unit made another significant arrest yesterday . As the Miami Herald details, Gilberto Jordan, a naturalized U.S. Citizen, was placed under arrest for his role in a massacre at the village of Dos Erres by a Guatemalan military unit in 1982. Similar to the Boley [...]

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Broken news: Court to Hear Oral Arguments in the Chucky Taylor Appeal

19th
Mar. × ’10
By Johnny

Mark your calendars. On May 11th, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in the Chucky Taylor criminal case.

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Court date: Chucky Taylor’s torture bill comes due

5th
Feb. × ’10
By Johnny

22.4 million dollars. That is the figure a Miami judge put on the damages awarded to five Liberians who filed suit in federal court against Charles Taylor Jr. aka Chucky, the former commander of his father’s Anti-Terrorist Unit. The suit alleged abuses by Taylor and his forces during his father’s term as Liberia’s president. Piper [...]

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Court date: A civil action for Chucky Taylor

14th
Dec. × ’09
By Johnny

In Miami today. The agenda: Chucky Taylor‘s civil trial. Some background: Chucky Taylor is the American son of former Liberian president Charles Taylor. He is also the first person convicted under a federal statute criminalizing the use of torture outside of the United States. He is serving a 97-year sentence, while appealing his case before the 11th [...]

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