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Jean Morose Viliena, now a Massachusetts resident, was sued in 2017 by three Haitian citizens who say they or their relatives were persecuted by him and his political allies.
An attorney for three Haitian men who claimed in a U.S. lawsuit that the former mayor of their small hometown subjected his political opponents to violence and terror called the defendant “a small, petty tyrant” during closing arguments on March 20. But an attorney for the defendant spent his time poking holes in the testimony
The case against Jean Morose Viliena, the former mayor of a small town in Haiti who now lives in Malden, sheds light on the broader issue of political violence in the Caribbean nation and its ineffective judicial system.
The jury went home Monday without reaching a verdict and is scheduled to resume deliberations on Tuesday
Three men who said they or their families were subjected to political persecution that included a killing, attempted killings and torture in their