Atty. H. Deddeh Joemah Wilson
By: Moses M. Tokpah
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The County Attorney of Margibi, H. Deddeh Joemah Wilson has expressed the need for the establishment of additional courts in counties that have limited courts as well as assigning additional judges so as to curtail the constant delay in the adjudication of cases across the country.
Attorney Wilson responding to Judge Ciapha T. Carey’s charge during program marking the formal opening of the 13th Judicial Circuit Court in Kakata recently, said the reason many cases cannot be tried is because there is just one court in a county with a single Judge assigned.
The Margibi County Attorney wondered why will a county like Margibi which is one of the closest counties to the capital city of Liberia have a single court and a single judge.
She recounted that a single judge has so many cases such as armed robbery, civil action, murder, rape, and criminal conveyance among others to try within a term time, wondering as to how many of these cases he/she will try before the end of the term.
Atty. Wilson: “How will one Judge sit down here and try five criminal cases in a term time, how possible is that? You doing that one then you trying civil cases at the same time.”
The Margibi County Attorney also wonder whether people that are staying in other counties do not deserve additional judges and courts noting that as long as Liberians cannot come to that reality, they have far way to go.
She believes there would have been two or three judges at the opening of court with one being responsible to take care of criminal cases while the other one is responsible for civil cases.
Madam Wilson asserted that Monrovia alone has several courts such as courts A, B, C and D, but Kakata has just one court with one Judge, and people expect him/her to play miracle and that the prosecutor will prosecute all the case.
The Attorney also blamed the issue of people staying in jail beyond their time limit without trial to system problem.
She at the same time frowned on the manner in which prison centers were built in the country especially with the low capacities they have to hold prisoners stating that they were built as if those who built them will control the rest of the years ahead.
However, Attorney Wilson assured Judge Carey that the prosecution is going to work along with him, the defense counsel and all other institutions to make sure that they free the prisoners.
She meanwhile called on Liberians to make use of the principle of law (adherence to the rule of law) adding that’s the only way we will make it.
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