Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Robert Carmichael, Phnom Penh
Australia Network News
Former Khmer Rouge prison chief, Comrade Duch, has appealed against his conviction and a 30-year prison sentence handed down by Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes court.
The defence team for Comrade Duch has formally appealed the conviction handed down last month by the tribunal in Phnom Penh.
In their submission, lawyers said Duch's conviction and 30-year jail sentence amounted to a miscarriage of justice, and claimed their client did not fall within the court's remit.
They added that the sentence smacked of victor's justice, and said he ought to be acquitted and released.
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The defence team for Comrade Duch has formally appealed the conviction handed down last month by the tribunal in Phnom Penh.
In their submission, lawyers said Duch's conviction and 30-year jail sentence amounted to a miscarriage of justice, and claimed their client did not fall within the court's remit.
They added that the sentence smacked of victor's justice, and said he ought to be acquitted and released.
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