Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone Grants Early Release to Inmate

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Thursday, March 5, 2020
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
36
Issue: 
3
Abstract: 

On January 10, 2020, the Residual Special Court for Sierra Leona (RSCSL) granted the application of inmate Augustine Gbao for conditional early release from his confinement in Rwanda.[1] In March 2009, the majority of Trial Chamber I of the Special Court for Sierra Leone convicted Gbao on 14 counts and sentenced him to a total term of 25 years of imprisonment on April 8, 2009, with credit given for time already served in custody.  On October 26, 2009, the Appeals Chamber of the Special Court for Sierra Leone upheld the sentence.