praljak and goering: the suicides of two war criminals raise questions and tell a story | open door /

When justice is thwarted,the value to the public of journalists as independent observers is reaffirmed
The suicide by poisoning of a Bosnian Croat war criminal in a courtroom at The Hague final week raised questions both contemporary and historical.
Slobodan Praljak, like the senior German Nazi Hermann Goering at Nuremberg in 1946, and managed while in custody to acquire the means to thwart the due process of law at its climax.
After Praljak’s declaration,the presiding judge seemed visibly to struggle to process what he had just seen and heardContinue reading...

Source: theguardian.com