High Court Rules In Oury Jalloh Death

DESSAU, GERMANY - JANUARY 07: A man talks on a mobile phone while standing next to a banner that reads: "We Commemorate Oury Jalloh" just prior to a demonstration marking the ruling of Germany's Federal High Court in the trial over the death of 23-year-old Sierra Leone asylum seeker Oury Jalloh in 2005 on January 7, 2010 in Dessau, Germany. The High Court of Justice in Karlsruhe overruled a previous verdict by a lower court that had dropped charges against a policeman accused of negligence leading to death. Jalloh died after purportedly setting the mattress he was tied down to in his cell in a Dessau prison on fire. Prosecutors claim guards on duty at the time ignored Jalloh's screams and also gave false statements in the ensuing trial. Jalloh's death provoked an uproar among human rights activists in Germany and abroad. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)