Radovan Karadzic Sentenced to Life in Prison | Balkan Insight
Denis Dzidic
The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals’ appeals chamber on Wednesday convicted former Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic of responsibility for some of the worst wartime crimes in Europe since World War II.
The appeal verdict confirmed Karadzic’s initial conviction and increased his sentence from 40 years to life in prison, citing the gravity of his crimes, which judge Vagn Prusse Joensen said were of “an unprecedented scale and crueltyâ€.
“The chamber considers the 40-year sentence inadequate when compared to convicts who were sentenced to life imprisonment,†Joensen said.
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Some reporting says the whole trial took 10 years and around 499 days in court...
