Original sentence: On 4 December 1976, the republic became a monarchy -- the Central African Empire -- with the promulgation of the imperial constitution and the proclamation of the president as Emperor Bokassa I.On June 12, 1987, he was convicted of having ordered the murders of at least 20 prisoners and the arrest of the the schoolchildren who were murdered
Edited sentence: On 4 December 1976, the republic became a monarchy—the Central African Empire -- with the promulgation of the imperial constitution and the proclamation of the president as Emperor Bokassa I.On June 12, 1987, he was convicted of having ordered the murders of at least 20 prisoners and the arrest of the schoolchildren who were murdered