A Gonaïves jury convicts sixteen for the Raboteau massacre

On 9 November 2000, after five years of pretrial work and a six-week trial, a jury at Gonaïves convicted sixteen of the twenty-two defendants in custody for the Raboteau massacre; twelve got life. A week later thirty-seven fugitives, including Raoul Cédras and the FRAPH leadership, were convicted in absentia. Victims were awarded a billion gourdes. The United Nations called it the longest and most complex trial in Haiti’s history. The Cour de Cassation vacated the verdict in 2005.