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Richard Stengel on Mandela: The Lost Tapes

We the People

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What Happened to Mandela?

He was tried for seditious conspiracy. He had a group of wonderful lawyers, including the young Arthur Chaskelson. And they all counseled him not to confess to trying to overthrow the government. But in our tapes, you hear him say, look, I wasn't going to go light on what I had done.

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