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”’Charles McArthur Emmanuel”’ is a [[U.S. citizen]] and the son of [[Charles Taylor (Liberia)|Charles Taylor]], former [[President of Liberia]].<ref name=’CNN’>'[http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/09/30/taylor.torture.trial.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview Ex-prisoner: Taylor’s son laughed at torture].’ ”[[CNN]]”. [[September 30]], [[2008]].</ref> Emmanuel was sometimes referred to as ””Charles ‘Chuckie’ Taylor, Jr.””<ref name=’Petersburg’>Weimar, Carrie. ‘[http://www.sptimes.com/2007/02/06/State/Liberian_torture_case.shtml Liberian torture case traces back to Orlando].’ ”[[St. Petersburg Times]]”. [[February 6]], [[2007]].</ref>

Born in [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], Emmanuel lived much of his life in [[Orlando]], [[Florida]] with his mother, a homemaker, and step-father, a welder. His house, in a neighborhood described by Carrie Weimar of the ”[[St. Petersburg Times]]” as ‘[[middle class]],’ was nine miles away from [[Universal Studios]].<ref name=’CNN’/><ref name=’Petersburg’/> In 1994, when he was a teenager he was in an altercation with [[Orange County, Florida]] deputies. Afterwards, Emmanuel moved to Liberia to live with Taylor.<ref name=’CNN’/><ref name=’Petersburg’/> According to U.S. prosecutors, when in Liberia Emmanuel headed the ‘Demon Forces,’ a paramilitary, anti-terrorism security unit for Charles Taylor.<ref name=’Petersburg’/><ref name=’CNN’/>

In 2006 Emmanuel was placed under arrest at [[Miami International Airport]] after flying from [[Trinidad]] to [[Miami]]; he carried a passport that he received after falsifying his father’s name on the application. The U.S. government accused Emmanuel of participating in torture in Liberia; Emmanuel’s trial will be the first case where a U.S. citizen is prosecuted under a 1994 law that prohibits U.S. citizens from participating in torture outside of the U.S.<ref name=’CNN’/> As of 2007 Emmanuel is in a Miami prison. If Emmanuel receives a conviction, he may be sentenced to sixty years by a federal court.<ref name=’Petersburg’/>

Elise Keppler, a counsel for the International Justice Program of [[Human Rights Watch]], says that the ‘Demon Forces’ ‘did things like beating people to death, burying them alive, rape – the most horrible kind of war crimes.'<ref name=’Petersburg’/> U.S. prosecutors also say that the ‘Demon Forces’ engaged in torture and attempted to silence critics of Charles Taylor. Rufus Kpadeh, a former prisoner in Liberia, testified at Emmanuel’s trial; Kpadeh said that Emmanuel’s forces coerced prisoners into engaging in sexual acts while Emmanuel laughed.<ref name=’CNN’/>

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