Radovan Karadzic has his war crimes sentence increased from 40 years to life

[Danz_]

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/radovan-karadzic-has-war-crimes-sentence-increased-to-life-1.3832414

United Nations appeals judges have upheld the convictions of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity and increased his sentence from 40 years to life imprisonment.
Karadzic showed almost no reaction as presiding judge Vagn Joensen of Denmark read out a damning judgment that means the 73-year-old former Bosnian strongman will spend the rest of his life behind bars.
Judge Joensen said the trial chamber was wrong to impose just a 40-year sentence given what he called the “sheer scale and systematic cruelty” of his crimes.
Applause broke out in the public gallery as Judge Joensen passed the new sentence.
Separately, the judges rejected a prosecution appeal against Karadzic’s acquittal on a second count of genocide in the same war.
The ruling brings to a close one of the highest profile trials stemming from the series of wars in the 1990s that saw the bloody collapse of the former Yugoslavia and death of at least 100,000 Bosnians.
Karadzic was convicted in 2016 for the July 1995 Srebrenica massacre of more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys by Bosnian Serb forces. He was also found guilty of leading a campaign of ethnic cleansing that drove Croats and Muslims out of Serb-claimed areas of Bosnia.
The ruling, which is final and cannot be challenged on appeal, will have huge resonance in the former Yugoslavia, especially in Bosnia, where ethnic communities remain divided and Karadzic is still seen as a hero by many Bosnian Serbs.

[thepwnwar]

Serbia confirmed for not strong.

[PsychedelicLiz]

Oh shit it's actually the dude in the video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIcxqVRLEWI&t=6s

Glad they finally sentenced him, but it seems like this has taken much longer than it should have.

[JennyC6]

Its kinda funny, 'cause the 40 year sentence was also basically life. Dude's 73, grew up in the eastern bloc, fought in wars. He wont live another 40 years.

[JaffaOrange]

I mean, why not throw in a few more life sentences?

[Sableye]

this is what Bolton is threatening to invade Norway over, the criminalizing and prosecution of crimes against humanity committed by anyone regardless of their nation

[Intenso]

it's a symbolic gesture

[Viper123_SWE]

He was sentenced a long time ago, they just extended it.

[BBarnes005]

Which guys is he in the video? The one on the left or the on the right?

[The_J_Hat]

Pretty sure it’s the dude drinking a lot of water