Jacques Verges
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(March 5, 1925- )
Born in Thailand
Raised on the Reunion Islands
Resides in France
Son of a French diplomat, and Vietnamese woman
Defended Klaus Barbie (1987), Carlos the Jackal (1994), Kekal faction (1995), Roger Gaurady (1996), Slobodan Milosevic (2002), Tariq Aziz (2003) and Saddam Hussein (2004)
Member of the Communist Party (1942)
Organized communist youth in Prague Czechoslovakia (1950-53)
He believes anyone deserves his day in court and takes on unpopular defendants.
Just about all of his clients are found guilty.
He claimed on Germany's Deutsche Welles TV that he was Milosevic's attorney (October 25, 2002). He was never hired but did file a friend-of-the-court brief.
Deutches Welles claimed he had a passionate interest in evil.
Although he is a leftist, he defends extremist on both sides of the political landscape.
Saddam Hussein's nephew Ali Barzan al-Takriti hired him.
He was a member of Charles de Gaulle's Free French Forces during WW II.
He studied law at the Sorbonne.
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