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Son of Charles Taylor faces torture charges

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• Sept. 29, 2008: Former Liberian President Charles Taylor's son, Charles McArthur Emmanuel, is shown in a courtroom drawing by Shirley Henderson in Miami. Emmanuel housed political opponents in dirt pits, shocked their genitals and even beheaded some, federal prosecutors said Monday during opening statements of a trial that marks the first test of a 1994 law that makes it a crime for a U.S. citizen to commit torture overseas. Federal prosecutor Caroline Heck Miller, center, and U.S. District Judge Cecilia Altonaga, rear, are also shown.
• Jan. 7, 2008: Charles Taylor, the former president of Liberia, at his international war crimes trial at The Hague.
• Aug. 11, 2003: Former Liberian President Charles Taylor and his wife Jewel Howard-Taylor.
• Aug. 10, 2003: Liberian President Charles Taylor delivers his farewell speech in Monrovia.
• July 26, 2003: Liberian Speaker of the House Nyundueh Monkomana, President Charles Taylor and Liberian Vice President Moses Blah.
• July 22, 2003: Liberian President Charles Taylor cries on a podium at his mother's funeral in Monrovia.
• Feb. 14, 2002: Charles Taylor, the president of Liberia.
• May 23, 1990: Charles Taylor during his days as a warlord in Liberia.