Does Karadzic Have a Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free Card?

The alleged war criminal says Holbrooke made promises

Monday, May 25, 2009

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Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic (C) arrives in the UN's Yugoslav warcrimes court in The Hague on August 28, 2008 for his second appearance before the court on charges including genocide. (VALERIE KUYPERS/AFP/Getty Images)

The former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was arrested in July 2008, after 11 years on the run. The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia accuses him of genocide for his involvement in the decimation of Bosnia's Croat and Muslim population. But his lawyers say they have evidence that he was told by Richard Holbrooke, now the U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, that he would not stand trial for war crimes. They are outlining their evidence today in The Hague. For more on this story, The Takeaway is joined by Charles Ingrao, professor of history at Purdue University.

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