Court dismisses motion for Charles Taylor’s early acquittal, orders war crimes trial to go on

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Judges on Monday rejected a request by former Liberian President Charles Taylor for an immediate acquittal on war crimes charges, saying he must answer allegations that he was part of a campaign to terrorize Sierra Leone’s population through murder, rape and mutilation.

War crimes court dismisses motion for Charles Taylor’s early acquittal, orders trial to go on

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — War crimes judges say they have dismissed a motion to acquit former Liberian President Charles Taylor because he may have been responsible for mass murder, rape and mutilations in Sierra Leone’s brutal civil war.