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Peru ex-president Fujimori denies criminal wrongdoing as corruption trial opens

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

[JURIST] The corruption trial of former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori opened Monday with Fujimori confessing to having paid former Peruvian Intelligence Director Vladimiro Montesino $15 million to resign in 2000, but denying any criminal liability. Fujimori's confession was limited only to the facts in the case against him. He did not admit any wrongdoing or accept criminal responsibility because he repaid the $15 million to the government. Fujimori is accused of paying Montesino to resign read more

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on July 14, 2009 (boomark / email).