VIDEO: Former Liberian dictator Charles Taylor sentenced to 50 years

Charles Taylor is going to prison.

For a very long time. Probably for the rest of his life.

On Wednesday, Judge Richard Lussick at The Hague sentenced him to 50 years in prison for war crimes, specifically for "aiding and abetting, as well as planning, some of the most heinous and brutal crimes recorded in human history."

Charles Taylor Sentenced to 50 Years in Prison
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