Emmanuel Constant Cases  

Emmanuel Constant Ordered to Stand Trial in New York

News Reports

Press Releases from Center for Constitutional Rights and Center for Justice & Accountability

People of the State of New York v. Emmanuel Constant
-court order, May 22, 2007

Toto Constant Opts for a Trial in Mortgage Fraud Case
-Haiti Liberte, January 16, 2008

Emmanuel “Toto” Constant Will Face Trial in Mortgage Fraud Case
-Center for Constitutional Rights (press release), January 9, 2008

Haiti Thug Could Face 25 Years
-NY Daily News, January 10, 2008

In Haiti, Victims of Ex-paramilitary Look to U.S. for Justice
-AP, May 24, 2007

People of the State of New York v. Emmanuel Constant
-court order, May 22, 2007

The Saga of ‘Toto’ Constant
-Sewell Chan The New York Times May 23, 2007

Haiti Strongman to Be Tried in NYC Case Court Says Paramilitary Commander Must Be Tried in U.S. Before Returning to Haiti
-Michael Brick The New York Times May 23, 2007

HAITIAN DEATH SQUAD LEADER'S PLEA THROWN OUT
-CJA Press Release , May 22, 2007

THE CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS (CCR) APPLAUDS JUDGE’S DECISION TO DROP PLEA BARGAIN...
-CCR Press Release , May 22, 2007

Constant Sentencing Hearing in New York
-May 2007

Ex-strongman tells NY judge he'd go back to Haiti to face justice
-AP, May 15, 2007

Haitian Community to Demonstrate at Sentencing of Death-Squad Leader Constant in New York
-Haiti Support Network (press release), May 14, 2007

Former Haitian Strongman Pleads Guilty in Mortgage Fraud Scheme
- NY State Attorney General (press release, February 8, 2007

Haitian Death Squad Leader Ordered to Pay $19 Million to Torture Survivors
- CJA Press Release, October 25, 2006

Jane Doe v. Emmanuel Constant: Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law
- October 24, 2006

Women Recount Gang Rape, Abuse at Hearing Against Haitian Death Squad Leader Emmanuel Constant
- Democracy Now!, August 31, 2006

Emmanuel Constant Case: Woman Recounts Gang-Rape Horror in Haiti
- AP, August 30, 2006

Judge rules against former Haitian strongman in rape lawsuit
- AP August 17, 2006

Haitian Death Squad Leader Arrested in US, Democracy Now!
-July 13, 2006

To His Compatriots’ Relief, Haitian Exile Is Arrested
-New York Times, July 11, 2006

Grand Jury Indicts Six For Real Estate Scam, New York State Attorney General
-July 7, 2006

Ex-Haitian strongman arrested in Long Island mortgage fraud case
-Associate Press, July 7, 2006

Center for Justice and Accountability Pursues Lawsuit Against Emmanuel Constant

Trial Watch Profile of Emmanuel Constant

Haitian women sue former strongman
-Associated Press - September 12, 2005

CCR Warns of Threat of Mass Murder in Haiti and the Return of FRAPH

Giving "The Devil" His Due
-David Grann, The Atlantic Monthly, June 2001

Background on Emmanuel Constant, Haiti Reborn
-September 1999 (French)

Excerpt from "Let Haiti Live: Unjust U.S. Policies Towards Its Oldest Neighbor" on Emmanuel Constant and FRAPH

The Ordonnance (similar to a U.S. indictment) charging Constant for the Raboteau Massacre
-August 1999