Charles Taylor’s lawyer storms out of court

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Former Liberian President Charles Taylor awaits the start of the prosecutio… Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, center between guards, awaits… Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, center rear between guards, awaits… LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands (AP) – Calling the trial “a farce,” Charles Taylor’s lawyer stormed out of court Tuesday after judges refused to accept a written summary of the former Liberian president’s defense at the end of his landmark war crimes case. British attorney Courtenay Griffiths ignored judges at the Special Tribunal for Sierra Leone who ordered him to stay in court after unprecedented angry exchanges erupted before closing arguments in the three-year…

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Charles Taylor’s lawyer storms out of court

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