Africa-Press – Liberia. <\/strong><\/span>Lawyers representing detained former Liberian Chief Justice Cllr. Gloria Musu Scott and her three family members are contemplating appealing to the Supreme Court against a circuit court\u2019s refusal to grant them bail.<\/p>\nOn Tuesday, 4 July 2023, Criminal Court \u201cA\u201d Judge Roosevelt Z. Willie denied a motion seeking to bail Cllr. Scott and her three family members to secure their release.<\/p>\n
Cllr. Scott and her family members Rebecca Youdeh Wilson, Gertrude Newton, and Alice C. Johnson are charged with murder, criminal conspiracy, and [providing] false reports to law enforcement officials.<\/p>\n
They were sent to court Thursday, 22 June 2023 and subsequently detained at South Beach, a maximum prison in Monrovia, after several months of police investigation about the murder of Cllr. Scott\u2019s daughter Charloe Musu.<\/p>\n
The defendants are accused of using a sharp instrument believed to be a knife to stab the late Charloe Musu.<\/p>\n
Charloe\u2019s death in February this year shocked the country and heightened security fears.<\/p>\n
She was murdered at Cllr. Scott\u2019s residence after the former Chief Justice reported to police authorities two separate incidents of alleged armed robbery attacks at her home in Brewerville.<\/p>\n
Dozens of top lawyers, including impeached Associate Justice Kabineh M. Ja\u2019neh are defending Cllr. Scott and her accused family members in the alleged murder case.<\/p>\n
In an interview following Tuesday\u2019s hearing at the Criminal Court \u201cA,\u201d former Justice Ja\u2019neh expressed a dissenting view on the lower court\u2019s constitutional interpretation denying his clients a bail bond.<\/p>\n
He told reporters that the defense team is contemplating taking advantage of the law over the \u2018interpretation\u2019 of a constitutional provision by Judge Willie.<\/p>\n
Former Justice Ja\u2019neh said Judge Willie interpreted Chapter 111 Article 21 (b) (i) of the Constitution of Liberia.<\/p>\n
He disclosed that the defense will take advantage of the law at the nation\u2019s highest court as soon as possible for a proper interpretation of the constitutional provision.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe judge interpreted that provision of the Constitution in the manner in which he understands it. But we hold a different view and therefore, we have announced that we will take advantage of the law,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n
Former Liberian Foreign Minister Madam Olubanke King Akerele also expressed disappointment over the court\u2019s decision to deny Cllr. Scott and her family members\u2019 bail.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t want to speak, but again, I am very disappointed. You don\u2019t have to put words in my mouth. Just don\u2019t want to speak and I can\u2019t speak further. But all I can say now is that I am disappointed in the judge\u2019s decision to deny Cllr. Scott,\u2019\u2019 she noted.<\/p>\n
During the trial on Tuesday, the defense team argued that their clients were entitled to bail bond because the government has allegedly not provided any evidence that the accused had committed a crime.<\/p>\n
But prosecutors resisted the defense\u2019s argument and urged the court to deny the application for a bail.<\/p>\n
The State lawyers insisted that the crime the defendants are accused of committing \u2013 murder \u2013 is a capital offense which is not bailable under the Liberian Constitution.<\/p>\n
Judge willie denied the defense\u2019s request for bail, saying the process at hand was not the place to proof who committed the crimes and how they were committed because the burden is on the prosecutor.<\/p>\n
In a related development, Judge Willie has ordered the Government of Liberia through the Ministry of Justice with immediate effect to provide every and all evidence in the case to the court for onward presentation to the defense lawyers.<\/p>\n
Judge Willie said the evidence should be presented to the court Wednesday, 5 July 2023.<\/p>\n
Failure on the part of the prosecution to make the evidence available within the time frame given, the court said it will take appropriate legal action.<\/p>\n
The court\u2019s decision was based upon a motion of discovery filed by lawyers representing Cllr. Scott and her family members.<\/p>\n
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