Posted on 06/05/2010 8:21:33 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB
KIGALI, Rwanda — A Rwandan judge has charged a U.S. lawyer with denying Rwanda's 1994 genocide and publishing articles that threaten the country's security. Peter Erlinder pleaded not guilty to the charges during a five-hour court hearing late Friday in the Rwandan capital, Kigali.
"It is the first time I have come to know that my obscure publications back in America were that bad and could amount to genocide denial," Erlinder told the court. He suggested it may be a case of misinterpretation or misunderstanding.
If convicted, he faces up to 25 years in prison. Erlinder was upset when the judge said he will decide on Monday whether to grant bail.
Erlinder—a professor at William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota—has a reputation for taking on difficult, often unpopular defendants and causes. A past president of the progressive National Lawyers Guild, Erlinder leads a group of defense lawyers at the U.N.'s International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, which is trying the alleged leaders of the 1994 genocide.
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Can we send them more members of our progressive National Lawyers Guild?
Please?
Pretty please?
I wish...I don’t feel his pain.
You go stupid places with stupid people and stupid things happen.
Fixed it.
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