Bosnian Serb Leader's Sentence Increased To Life For Crimes During Civil War
March 21 2019
The U.N. War Crimes Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia has increased the sentence of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic for war crimes from 40 years to life imprisonment, reports Deutsche Welle.
On Wednesday, the court in in The Hague rejected all but one appeal by Karadzic, reported the Guardian (U.K.).
The panel of five judges deemed the previous sentence of 40 years too light, given the scale and systematic nature of the crimes. Voting three to two, the judges...
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