The son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor could be sentenced to as many as 147 years in prison for his involvement in brutal slayings and torture while commanding an elite paramilitary force in Liberia.
Charles McArthur Emmanuel was convicted in October in a Miami federal court in the first test of a 1994 U.S. law that allows authorities to prosecute atrocities committed overseas.
His sentencing hearing is scheduled to start at 9 a.m. today.
Emmanuel is a U.S. citizen also known as Chuckie Taylor.
Prosecutors said the 31-year-old was involved in killings and torture in Liberia during his father's presidency from 1997 to 2003.
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And this from a government who had committed the very same atrocities?!Editor's Note: The elder Taylor is on trial on war crimes charges at a United Nations tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands .
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