80 years in jail recommended for Taylor

Charles Taylor could be going to jail for a very long time.

CNN reported on Thursday that the prosecutor in the case recommends 80 years in prison for the former Liberian President.

Taylor was arrested last month for aiding and abetting war crimes in Sierra Leone’s civil war. He is accused of financing and giving orders to the rebels in the war that left 50,000 dead or missing.

A three-judge panel delivered a unanimous ruling that Taylor is guilty on all 11 charges of indictment against him.

Taylor would serve any sentence in a British prison.

Flickr Photo (UN rules following Civil War in Sierra Leone) by: Travlr