Philadelphia, PA - Sentencing has been delayed at the last minute for Mohammed Jabateh, the Liberian former rebel commander convicted last October on federal immigration fraud. A U.S. District judge will reset the date for the sentencing hearing one week from today. Mohammed Jabateh, known during the war as Jungle Jabbah, was convicted last October by a 12-member U.S. jury on four counts of immigration fraud and perjury charges. Even though the case centered on immigration fraud and not war crimes, the prosecution needed to prove the war crimes in order to prove the immigration fraud. Jabateh was the first Liberian to face trial over crimes committed during the war.

Source: Front Page Africa February 08, 2018 02:48 UTC