Liberia: New Charging Rule Confronts a System the U.S. State Department Has Long Flagged as Broken
A new order from the Solicitor General requiring prosecutor sign-off before police can charge a suspect lands against a backdrop the U.S. State Department has documented for years: a justice system where arrests often outrun evidence, and pretrial detainees can wait 180 days or more without ever getting a hearing. By Rodney D. Sieh, rodney.sieh@frontpageafricaonline.com […]