They sentenced him to death…

Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam headed the junta which in 1974 overthrew the government of Emperor Haile Selassie in a bloody coup. Known as the “Derg” or “Dergue,” the “committee,” the junta consisted of about a hundred junior officers drawn from all regions of Ethiopia. [ link ]

Now 71 and living a comfortable life in exile in Zimbabwe, the man who came to be known as the Red Negus (“emperor” in Amharic) was convicted in December 2006, after a marathon trial, of genocide, homicide, illegal imprisonment and illegal confiscation of property. [ link ]