Some good news, at least

[sabotabby]

They arrested Baby Doc!

I'm pretty sure he won't get a fraction of what's coming to him, but I'm hoping they throw away the key.

Comments

[terry-terrible.livejournal.com]

Me too, so excited! It's too bad his father was never held accountable.

[sabotabby]

I doubt he will, really. These bloody dictators seldom do.

[terry-terrible.livejournal.com]

true :(

They might just boot him out of the country so he won't upset their political applecart.

[springheel-jack.livejournal.com]

He's already out on bail, and I'm thinking the charges will be on the order of "misuse of copy machine" rather than, say, genocide.

[sabotabby]

I'm thinking that too. People so seldom get charged with torturing and murdering their political opponents.

[bcholmes.livejournal.com]

"His fate is now in the hands of the investigating judge. We have brought charges against him," said Port-au-Prince's chief prosecutor, Aristidas Auguste.

He said his office had filed charges against Duvalier, 59, of corruption, theft, misappropriation of funds and other alleged crimes committed during his period in power.

The charges must now be investigated by the judge who will decide whether a criminal case should go ahead. After several hours of questioning, Duvalier left the prosecutor's office but was ordered to remain in the country at the disposition of judicial authorities. "He doesn't have the right to go anywhere," investigating judge Carves Jean said.

— The Guardian

[smhwpf.livejournal.com]

Yeah, dictators getting arrested is a good thing.

Did you see they put Videla away too, and in a regular prison?

[bcholmes.livejournal.com]

I like the "evil bastards getting pwned" tag.