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Rwanda Frees US Lawyer Held for Denying Genocide

By Terence NeilanJun 18th 2010 – 3:37PM
Adam Scott, AP

Adam Scott, AP

(June 18) -- A U.S. lawyer arrested in Rwanda on charges of denying the 1994 wave of genocide in the country has been released on bail on grounds of ill health. But although Peter Erlinder of Minnesota is free to go home, the case against him technically still stands. "We are very happy about it; the bail was given...

Background on Peter Erlinder

C. Peter Erlinder (1948 – ) is an American lawyer, originally from Chicago, who lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he teaches at William Mitchell College of Law.

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