Today (30/5/12) UK Business Secretary Vince Cable has been giving evidence to the Leveson Inquiry into media standards. Meanwhile while Britain was watching that everyone else was watching the sentencing of former Liberian President Charles Taylor following his conviction for planning, aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sierra Leone.
He was sentenced to 50 years in prison with 6 years taken off that sentence for time served in pre-trial detention. This sentence seems low but you have to remember that everything done at the Charles Taylor is new and sets a precedent. So if the Taylor was given a higher sentence the next person convicted of a similar crime would be forced to take a similar sentence even if it wasn't appropriate for that case. Either way though at 64 years old Charles Taylor won't be eligible for parole until he's 108 years old so I think it's fair to assume that he's going to die in prison.
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