Warning – the transcripts contain large volumes of graphic,
harrowing testimony about war crimes. We encourage readers looking for a casual
browse to try the Leveson
Inquiry or Shakespeare
Plays instead.
Charles Taylor was the 22nd President of Liberia, serving from
1997 until 2003.
In June 2003, whilst he was still president, he was indicted for war crimes
and crimes against humanity by the Special Court for Sierra Leone. In August
2003 he resigned and moved to Nigeria in exile. In 2006 he was arrested and
charged by the Special Court, which began a legal process which was to last
seven years.
In April 2012 the Special Court ruled that he was guilty on 11 counts, and
was sentenced to 50 years in prison.
The trial was enormously long and complex (as always, Wikipedia provides an
excellent
overview) and saw over 400,000 speeches or statements. We have taken the
official transcripts from
sc-sl.org,
the website of the trial, and imported them unaltered into this SayIt website.
We have done this to show how we feel serious documents should be published in
future.
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Motion for Judgement of Acquittal
Pre-defence
Defence
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Closing arguments
Verdict
Appeal