Yugoslav Court Rejects Second Appeal by Artukovic
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BELGRADE, Yugoslavia — Federal court has rejected a second “extraordinary” appeal of the death sentence against convicted war criminal Andrija Artukovic, the official Tanjug news agency reported today.
The appeal was submitted by the 87-year-old Artukovic’s lawyers March 25 and was rejected Thursday, the agency said.
Lawyers for Artukovic had asked that the sentence be waived because their client was ill and senile.
Yugoslav law provides for an unlimited number of “extraordinary” appeals for people sentenced to death after regular avenues of appeal are exhausted.
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