The Liberian judiciary has once again come under the spotlight in the wake of the US Department of Treasury sanctions slammed against prominent Liberian lawyer, Varney Sherman, currently serving as Senator of Grand Cape Mount County.
According to the US Department of Treasury, Cllr. Varney Sherman âoffered bribes to multiple judges associated with his trial for a 2010 bribery scheme and had an undisclosed conflict of interest with the judge who ultimately returned a not guilty verdict in his favor in 2019â.
The Statement further said that Counsellor Sherman has âroutinely paid judges to decide cases in his favorâ¦â and that his âacts of bribery demonstrate a larger pattern of behavior to exercise influence over the Liberian Judiciary and the Ministry of Justice.â