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Liberia: The EU spent $16 million to help rape victims get justice, but paralyzed legal system convicts just 2 rapists in 6 years
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A 57-year-old grandmother in Todee District says she was raped in January. Seven months later, her case has not been heard, no government official has visited...
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Liberia: ‘Sethi Brothers’ Rejects Sponsoring Court Eviction In Stockton Creek Land Dispute, Calls for Due Process And Impartial Resolution To Address The Dispute
Monrovia– Sethi Brothers Incorporated, the parent company of Duraplast Liberia Inc., has strongly denied allegations that it financed or orchestrated the ongoing court-backed evictions...
Legal Issues
Liberia: Feika’s Jury Tampering Ruling in Ex-Finance Minister’s Case Sets Up a Legal Collision Over Double Jeopardy
MONROVIA — The evidence behind the arrests is, by the standards of these things, unusually solid. This wasn’t a case of rumor or suspicion....
Legal Issues
Liberia: Prosecutors Seek More Time In Samuel Jackson Case, Three Months After Charges Filed
Government prosecutors have asked Criminal Court “A” for another week to produce the autopsy and toxicology reports central to the manslaughter and negligent homicide...
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Liberia: Three Jurors Released, Twelve Still Detained in Post-Verdict Probe as Questions Intensify Over Tweah Trial
Monrovia-Confusion and growing public scrutiny continue to surround the government's handling of the jurors who served in the high-profile criminal trial involving former Finance...
Legal Issues
Liberia: Samuel Tweah’s “Not Guilty” Verdict is Gone. What Replaces It Could Decide How Much Any Liberian Jury Verdict Is Worth
MONROVIA — Samuel Tweah is sticking to his “Not Guilty” verdict, even though, as of Tuesday, it no longer legally exists.
By Rodney D. Sieh,...
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Liberia: Why Judge Feika Overturned Tweah’s Acquittal, Ordered Arrest of All 15 Jurors
Monrovia – Judge Ousman F. Feika’s decision to vacate the acquittal of former Finance Minister Samuel D. Tweah Jr. and order the arrest of...
Legal Issues
Liberia: Court Sends Paul Jamaal King, Co-Defendants to Trial Over US$19 Million Cocaine Shipment
Monrovia – The Monrovia City Court has found probable cause against Paul Jamaal King and six co-defendants in the high-profile US$19 million cocaine trafficking...