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Romanian Top Communist-Era Generals Sentenced To 15 Years

Romania’s Supreme Court on Wednesday sentenced two former high-ranking generals to 15 years in jail each for their role in killing demonstrators during the 1989 anti-communist revolution.
Romanian Top Communist-Era Generals Sentenced To 15 Years
15 oct. 2008, 19:39, English

The Court upheld a 2007 ruling against retired generals Mihai Chitac and Victor Stanculescu, rejecting the defenders’ appeal in the case.
 
The court’s decision is final and biding.
 
Both Chitac and Stanculescu were arrested Wednesday.
 
The two men, now in their 80s, require constant medical assistance and will serve their sentences at Jilava prison hospital, police said.
 
Chitac and Stanculescu were first sentenced in 1999 on aggravated murder charges for ordering troops to fire on demonstrators in Timisoara city, western Romania.
 
They appealed the ruling several times. The latest appeal was in 2007, when they were sentenced to 15 years in jail by the Supreme Court.