Voice of America: South African Miners Charged in Police Shootings of Strikers

Voice of America Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries

South African Miners Charged in Police Shootings of Strikers Aug 30th 2012, 20:46 South African prosecutors have charged 270 miners with the murders of 34 colleagues killed by police during a strike - a decision some South Africans call "madness." Authorities are using an obscure statute called the common purpose law, under which people in a crowd where a crime was committeed can be prosecuted as accomplices. The law has not been used in South Africa since apartheid ended almost 20 years ago. Under the law, the miners would be blamed for the deaths even though ... Media files: 996B5414-86AC-4504-B553-8FF4D3725C68_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg?nocache=1 (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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