Legal decision
Caprivi treason trial High Court verdict, 2015
A 16-year trial process concluded with 30 convictions and 79 acquittals among 132 original defendants.
What happened
The main Caprivi treason trial, beginning 2003, concluded in December 2015 with 30 defendants convicted of high treason and 79 acquitted, out of 132 originally indicted; 22 died in custody during the proceedings.[1]
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Claim: The main Caprivi treason trial, involving 132 indicted defendants facing a combined 275-278 charges, began in 2003 and concluded with a High Court judgment in December 2015 that convicted 30 defendants of high treason, nine counts of murder and 90 charges of attempted murder while acquitting 79; 22 defendants died in custody during the more-than-decade-long proceedings. A separate, smaller trial of 13 main accused resulted in ten sentences of 30-32 years in 2007, eight of which were overturned by the Supreme Court in 2013 and required retrial; a further, separately tried "Third Caprivi treason trial" defendant received a 10-year sentence in 2017. This bundle presents these outcomes factually and does not adjudicate the guilt or innocence of individual defendants.
- Caprivi treason trial (Wikipedia) link, Defendants, verdicts and subsequent proceedings sections. Source record