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| | International Law In Brief April 26, 2005 |
 | | Audiencia Nacional of Spain: Sentence for Crimes Against Humanity in the Case of Adolfo Scilingo (April 19, 2005) |
 | | Spain’s Audiencia Nacional (the “Court”) found Adolfo Scilingo guilty of crimes against humanity, in particular, for 30 pre-meditated murders, for each one of which he received a sentence of 21 years, for illegal detention, for which he received 5 years’ imprisonment, and for torture, for which he received another sentence of 5 years’ imprisonment. |
 | | Adolfo Scilingo, a former navy captain in Argentina, was found to have been involved in the “death flights” during Argentina’s military rule from 1976-1983, in which people who were considered to be subversive to the government were thrown out of airplanes. |
| www.asil.org /ilib/2005/04/ilib050426.htm (1877 words) |
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