MIAMI – The son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor was sentenced Friday to 97 years in prison for torture overseas in the first U.S. case of its kind. U.S. District Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga imposed the sentence on Charles McArthur Emmanuel, 31, who headed an elite paramilitary unit in the West African country that routinely tortured and killed people viewed as rebels or opponents during his father’s presidency.
Emmanuel, a U.S. citizen also known as Charles “Chuckie” Taylor Jr., was convicted in October in the first use of a 1994 law permitting prosecution in the U.S. for torture committed in foreign countries. Prosecutors had asked for a 147-year sentence to send a strong worldwide message against torture, while the defense asked for 20 years.
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