Following the recent filing of a lawsuit by IPOB lawyers Professor Goran Sluitter and over 20 lawyers, a lot of persons are asking what possible sentence Buhari is going to get when found guilty.
First of all, the ICC doesn't sentence criminals to death, so a death sentence is not there; read from the ICC site "The judges may impose a prison sentence, to which may be added a fine or forfeiture of the proceeds, property and assets derived directly or indirectly from the crime committed. The Court cannot impose a death sentence. The maximum sentence is 30 years. However, in extreme cases, the Court may impose a term of life imprisonment."
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On 7 March 2014, Trial Chamber II found German Katanga guilty, as an accessory, within the meaning of article 25(3)(d) of the Rome Statute, of one count of crime against humanity (murder) and four counts of war crimes (murder, attacking a civilian population, destruction of property and pillaging) committed on 24 February 2003 during the attack on the village of Bogoro, in the Ituri district of the DRC. The Chamber acquitted Germain Katanga of the other charges that he was facing. On 25 June 2014, the Defence for Germain Katanga and the Office of the Prosecutor discontinued their appeals against the judgment in the Katanga case. The judgment is now final. On 23 May 2014, Trial Chamber II sentenced Germain Katanga to a total of 12 years’ imprisonment. The time spent in detention at the ICC – between 18 September 2007 and 23 May 2014 – will be deducted from the sentence. Decisions on possible reparations to victims will be rendered later.
With above scenario repeating itself on Buhari, that will mark the end of his regime of terror, and a time of true democracy to return to that region of West Africa.
First of all, the ICC doesn't sentence criminals to death, so a death sentence is not there; read from the ICC site "The judges may impose a prison sentence, to which may be added a fine or forfeiture of the proceeds, property and assets derived directly or indirectly from the crime committed. The Court cannot impose a death sentence. The maximum sentence is 30 years. However, in extreme cases, the Court may impose a term of life imprisonment."
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Of the cases similar to the one of Buhari which is war crime of shooting at protesters and other related crimes, the case closer to it reads below.On 7 March 2014, Trial Chamber II found German Katanga guilty, as an accessory, within the meaning of article 25(3)(d) of the Rome Statute, of one count of crime against humanity (murder) and four counts of war crimes (murder, attacking a civilian population, destruction of property and pillaging) committed on 24 February 2003 during the attack on the village of Bogoro, in the Ituri district of the DRC. The Chamber acquitted Germain Katanga of the other charges that he was facing. On 25 June 2014, the Defence for Germain Katanga and the Office of the Prosecutor discontinued their appeals against the judgment in the Katanga case. The judgment is now final. On 23 May 2014, Trial Chamber II sentenced Germain Katanga to a total of 12 years’ imprisonment. The time spent in detention at the ICC – between 18 September 2007 and 23 May 2014 – will be deducted from the sentence. Decisions on possible reparations to victims will be rendered later.
With above scenario repeating itself on Buhari, that will mark the end of his regime of terror, and a time of true democracy to return to that region of West Africa.
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