Ethiopia's Supreme Court sentenced an exiled former president -- dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam -- and 18 officials to death Monday, a prosecutor said. Yoseph Kiros said the judgment delivered justice for the thousands of people murdered during Mengistu's 17-year rule. Mengistu, a Marxist leader who was driven from power in 1991 by the current regime, is living in comfortable exile in Zimbabwe and is not expected to be extradited while Robert Mugabe remains Zimbabwean president.
May 28, 2008 at 12:00 AM
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Ethiopia’s Supreme Court sentenced an exiled former president — dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam — and 18 officials to death Monday, a prosecutor said.
Yoseph Kiros said the judgment delivered justice for the thousands of people murdered during Mengistu’s 17-year rule.
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