Ex-Liberian president shows no contrition or remorse as he addresses judges at Hague sentencing hearing The convicted war criminal and former Liberian president Charles Taylor has told judges at his sentencing hearing he sympathises with victims of the civil war in Sierra Leone he helped foment, and urged them to decide their sentence against him in a spirit of “reconciliation, not retribution”. However, he stopped short of admitting any wrongdoing, apologising for his actions, or expressing remorse. In a landmark ruling in April, judges at the special court for Sierra Leone found Taylor guilty of 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including murder, rape, and conscripting child soldiers

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