American Jewish man sentenced to death in Congo for his involvement in a failed coup
American Jew Benjamin Reuben Zalman-Polun faces the death penalty in the DRC for his role in a failed coup attempt amid espionage claims and limited US intervention.
American citizen Benjamin Reuben Zalman-Polun, 36, has been sentenced to death for his involvement in a failed coup attempt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.(photo credit: Hardy Bope/AFP via Getty Images)ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA