What was the result of Bokassa's 1987 trial?
Acquitted on all charges
Convicted, sentenced to death but later commuted
Convicted and executed
Trial was stopped due to his ill health
Answer
Jean-Bédel Bokassa was convicted of murder, treason, cannibalism, and other crimes at his trial in 1987. He was sentenced to death, but his sentence was later commuted to life in prison. He was pardoned by the president of the Central African Republic in 1993 and died in 1996.
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