Chief Justice Francis Korkpor
The importance of an independent judiciary cannot be overemphasized. Everyone loses when justice is corrupted, in particular the poor, who are forced to pay bribes that they cannot afford.
Against this backdrop, Chief Justice Francis Korkpor on Monday, May 9 openly admitted that Liberian Judges are corrupt without mentioning the name of any individual judge. The Chief Justiceâs admittance to corrupt Judiciary comes after some international reports had cast dark cloud over the independence and transparency of the third branch of government earlier.
In his special statement at the opening of the May 2021 Term of Criminal Courts, A,B,C,D and E at the Temple of Justice, Chief Justice Korkpor said he has noticed that Judges are involved in bribery and cautioned them to desist from the practice because it is tarnishing the image of the Judicial Branch of the Government.
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Judge Roland Dahn
Nearly three months after the Judiciary Inquiry Commission (JIC) suspended the ‘unethical conduct’ accusation against Judge Roland Dahn of the 8th Judicial Circuit Court in Nimba County, the commission is expected by today, Thursday, May 6, to resume the hearing.
Thursday’s hearing was necessitated by the fact that British national, Hans Armstrong, has been privileged to obtain Counselor Amara Sheriff as his legal representative, one major reason for procrastination in the hearing of the case.
Armstrong has contended that he cannot proceed with the Investigation on grounds that lawyers who defended him in his US$5 million case that involved Senate Secretary Nanborlor Singbeh refused to represent him against Judge Dahn.
Judge Roland Dahn
Amid challenges faced by the Judiciary Inquiry Commission (JIC) to obtain lawyers to defend British national Hans Armstrong in the accusation filed against Judge Roland Dahn for an alleged unethical conduct, a senior Supreme Court lawyer, Counselor Amara Sheriff, has unveiled himself to represent the British investor.
It has taken several months to get a lawyer; for lawyers are afraid to avail themselves for what would be a reprisal afterwards.
Before Cllr. Sheriff could agree to take up the investigation of Judge Dahn, the Resident Circuit Judge of the 8th Judicial Circuit Court in Nimba County, the JIC, sometime in February this year through a written communication assured Armstrong that they were going to provide him with legal representation. However, it appeared that they were finding it difficult to live up to their commitment.
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