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They have a lot going for them. The tribunal's acquittal rate so far is very low. Years of investigation have turned up hundreds of witnesses and loads of exhibits that go far beyond circumstantial constructs. Investigators were able to fish for more after Milosevic's regime fell in October...
The tribunal has named "amicus" attorneys--friends of the court--for Milosevic, to challenge evidence and offer exculpatory facts, even if he won't. If he tries to put NATO on trial as an unlawful aggressor by calling world leaders as witnesses, they would probably refuse to appear. Only the...
If the Serb leader presents no legal defense, prosecutors believe they can make a swift case for conviction that is able to withstand appeal. But that would present its own problem. "It will be difficult to explain the lack of adversarial picture that people expect in court," says Dicker. "For...
They were responsible for 1.7 million deaths, but the chance that the Khmer Rouge will face justice?if justice can answer for genocide?grows remote. A frustrated U.N. last week pulled out of a plan to set up an international tribunal to try former Khmer Rouge leaders, abandoning years of...
Without such a fair accounting of its past, however, how will Cambodia ever face its future? Half a world away former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's U.N. war crimes trial has just begun. Compared to butchers like Kang Khek Leu, who ran the Khmer Rouge's notorious S21 torture center...