Fmr. D.R. Congo V.P Jean-Pierre Bemba Sentenced For Bribing Witness

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrSpvPIAiu4ApbI01qBGSnFTZy82UhD9EesqA2u68Ff12xTo5To7g4tjYb2IKHw755XhVTk3mm06jw3IS4HgqWLsfvLIsIsH_cc3MPGfbnhwGAK5n2L0b21tEmfaaHSVrAeF3iBXHCyGF9/s1600/Congo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrSpvPIAiu4ApbI01qBGSnFTZy82UhD9EesqA2u68Ff12xTo5To7g4tjYb2IKHw755XhVTk3mm06jw3IS4HgqWLsfvLIsIsH_cc3MPGfbnhwGAK5n2L0b21tEmfaaHSVrAeF3iBXHCyGF9/s400/Congo.png" width="400" /></a></div> Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have added a year to Jean-Pierre Bemba’s 18-year jail term following the former Congolese vice president’s conviction for attempting to bribe witnesses during his war crimes trial.<br /> <br /> After a second trial on the separate charges, Bemba on Wednesday was also ordered to pay a 300,000 euro ($323,670) fine to the court’s fund supporting victims of atrocities.<br /> <br /> Found guilty last year of bribery, the verdict and sentence are the first of their kind in the history of the ICC.<br /> <br /> The decision to bring bribery charges against Bemba and four members of his legal team was seen by criminal law experts as a sign that prosecutors had decided to get tough on a practice that threatened their ability to prosecute the gravest crimes.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <i>Credit: Aljazeera</i>

Fmr. D.R. Congo V.P Jean-Pierre Bemba Sentenced For Bribing Witness

Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have added a year to Jean-Pierre Bemba’s 18-year jail term following the former Congolese...

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