cameroononlinelmt's video: Liberian 27-year-old sentenced to 99 years

The Presiding Judge of the 7th Judicial Circuit sitting for its March Term in Zwedru, Grand Gedeh County, has sentenced a 27-year-old man to 99 years imprisonment for murder. According to the Liberia News Agency, Judge Sikajipo A. Wollor announced the sentence recently after the accused, Eric Doe, was adjudged guilty by petit jury at the court for murdering one George Tailey at a gold creek in Konobo Statutory District, Grand Gedeh County. Lawyers of the victim, represented by Attorney Queejue M. Brandy, waived their right to testify during the trial at which prosecution paraded three witnesses to prove its case. Judge Wollor said the sentence is intended to serve as deterrence for would-be murderer to which the defense counsel did not appeal. Meanwhile, Associate Justice Francis Korkpo has inducted two Associate Magistrates in Zwedru, Grand Gedeh County, with a call on judicial workers to give the judiciary all it needs to gain confidence in the dispensation of justice in the county. Those inducted are Shad Dweh and Wellington Dweh; both promised to work cooperatively with the stipendiary magistrates with whom they are being assigned. Justice Korkpo, who oversees the southeastern region, said the induction of the magistrates is aimed at beefing up the capacity of the court system in Grand Gedeh and promised to shortly deploy two more magistrates to the county. He said the magistrates were trained at the James A.A. Pierre Judicial Institute for over 15 months, coupled with gaining practical exposure through internship prior to their deployment. He called on citizens of the county to cooperate with the magistrates as they work with stipendiary magistrates to enhance the image of the judiciary. The ceremony was attended by judges and court workers, including Sikajipo A. Wollor of the 7th Judicial Circuit, stipendiary and associate magistrates, acting Superintendent Josephus K. Garley and representatives from UNMIL Judicial Monitoring Division, among others.