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Jimbuna
10-10-13, 08:51 AM
Oh great!!

I'm sure he'll be a great asset to the British taxpayers :nope:


Ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor is to serve his 50-year war crimes sentence in the UK, Justice Minister Jeremy Wright has confirmed.
Finland, Rwanda and Sweden were other possibilities following the rejection of his appeal last month by a UN-backed special court in The Hague.
It ruled that his convictions had been proved beyond doubt.
He was sentenced in May 2012 for aiding rebels who committed atrocities in Sierra Leone during its civil war.
Because of fears his trial could spark renewed conflict in West Africa, it was moved from Sierra Leone to The Hague, and the UK at the time offered to jail him if convicted.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24474588
Herr-Berbunch
10-10-13, 09:27 AM
Should charge him rent, electric, water . . .

Should charge all prisoners these. (This would obviously fall down if we still had debtors' prisons)
desertstriker
10-10-13, 01:44 PM
HA love the idea HB
eddie
10-10-13, 02:08 PM
That's a shame Jim, you guys spent so much time and money getting rid of that goofy cleric, now you get this guy dumped in you prison!
Jimbuna
10-10-13, 02:14 PM
That's a shame Jim, you guys spent so much time and money getting rid of that goofy cleric, now you get this guy dumped in you prison!

Yes, a real bummer, especially when taking into consideration both Rwanda and Sweden offered to incarcerate him.
Herr-Berbunch
10-10-13, 03:14 PM
Should charge him rent, electric, water . . .

Should charge all prisoners these. (This would obviously fall down if we still had debtors' prisons)

HA love the idea HB

Not the bit about the debtors' prison I hope - a quick glance at wiki shows me that those in a debtors' prison did indeed have to pay for being there. :/\\!!

Is it me? Run up a debt for being in prison for running up a debt for being in prison for running up a debt for being in prison for running up a debt for being in prison for running up a debt for being in prison for running up a debt for being in prison for running up a debt . . . :doh:
kranz
10-10-13, 03:25 PM
LOL, I thought this thread would be about Taylor Swift...
Platapus
10-10-13, 04:12 PM
We have a lot of for-profit jails in the US. Not sure I agree with the concept.

I like the idea of inmates reimbursing for their expenses. But when you bring in for-profit corporations in to the mix, corruption becomes a risk.

http://www.infowars.com/guilty-of-being-poor/

http://www.propublica.org/article/by-the-numbers-the-u.s.s-growing-for-profit-detention-industry
Jimbuna
10-11-13, 03:50 AM
Not the bit about the debtors' prison I hope - a quick glance at wiki shows me that those in a debtors' prison did indeed have to pay for being there. :/\\!!

Is it me? Run up a debt for being in prison for running up a debt for being in prison for running up a debt for being in prison for running up a debt for being in prison for running up a debt for being in prison for running up a debt for being in prison for running up a debt . . . :doh:

Nowadays it's called the welfare state.
Fubar2Niner
10-11-13, 04:13 AM
"Because of fears his trial could spark renewed conflict in West Africa, it was moved from Sierra Leone to The Hague, and the UK at the time offered to jail him if convicted."

Well I for one certainly don't remember agreeing to that :hmmm:

What say you chaps?
Jimbuna
10-11-13, 05:58 AM
The UK government may have thought he had millions stashed away and were looking to do a deal with him in the future.
TarJak
10-11-13, 06:01 AM
Shame we can't send Chopper over to pay him a visit on Wormwood Scrubs.
Herr-Berbunch
10-14-13, 08:41 AM
Ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor has asked to serve his 50-year sentence for war crimes in Rwanda, rather than the UK.


In a letter sent to the court that convicted him, he says it would be easier - and less expensive - for his family to visit him in Africa.


Here, here. My vote is for Rwanda too. :yep:

Source - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24520489
Fubar2Niner
10-14-13, 09:27 AM
Here, here. My vote is for Rwanda too. :yep:


Ditto mate, or, more precisely, anywhere but here :stare:
Jimbuna
10-14-13, 10:39 AM
Cheaper to fly him to Rwanda from Holland than from the UK anyway.
Herr-Berbunch
10-14-13, 06:19 PM
Ryanair's London airport IS in Holland*! :doh:

:D

*Or at least closer to Holland than London.
Jimbuna
10-15-13, 08:53 AM
Far cheaper sending him in a weather balloon.
Herr-Berbunch
10-15-13, 09:03 AM
Make him walk/swim.
Jimbuna
10-15-13, 11:36 AM
That happens next....after the balloon goes 'pop' :)