Kambanda distributed arms and ammunition used to massacre Tutsis in Butare and Gitarama. He was found guilty after pleading guilty.
Former Prime Minister of Rwanda during the 1994 Genocide committed against Tutsi Jean Kambanda was arrested in 1997 and pleaded guilty to all charges using a plea bargaining technique before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) prosecution.
This was an event that triggered many comments especially among the genocide deniers who did not expect such a case to end to a guilty plea from the head of a government that planned and executed the Genocide.
To understand this, it is crucial to first have a background on Kambanda’s arrest.