Legal Opinion
United States v. Munyenyezi
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 25, 2015No. 13-1950PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.
Overview 1
Man’s inhumanity to man is limitless. Any doubt, just recall the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Over the course of 100 days, roving bands of Hutus (Rwanda’s majority ethnic group) slaughtered hundreds of thousands of their countrymen, most of them Tutsis (a minority group long-dominant in Rwanda). Some of the crazed killers belonged to the Interahamwe, the dreaded militia of a Hutu political party known by the initials, MRND. 2 About 7,000 Rwandans died each day, often butchered by machete-wielding Interahamwes at roadblocks set up to catch fleeing Tutsis. And…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Alleyne v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
- United States v. Ilario M.A. ZanninoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- Kungys v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- United States v. MartinCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2008
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3Cited by31 opinions
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