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  • Rwanda launches phase of genocide trials

    03/10/2005 9:11:54 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 4 replies · 330+ views
    Bakersfield Californian ^ | 3/10/05 | Edward Rwema - AP
    KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) - A nine-judge community court handed down its first conviction Thursday of a Rwandan accused of killings in the 1994 genocide, as authorities set in motion a system of trials designed to speed the task of deciding the guilt or innocence of the 63,000 people accused of taking part in the government-orchestrated slaughter. Genocide survivors have complained about the slow pace of implementing the community court system, known as gacaca trials, and what they say are lenient sentences given to those who confess their role. But Rwandan officials said they turned to the system to speed the...