Liberia: Supreme Court Acquits Former Chief Justice and Three Family Members

Monrovia — The Supreme Court of Liberia has acquitted former Chief Justice Gloria Musu Scott and three members of her family, overturning the guilty verdict handed down by a lower court in the case involving the murder of Charloe Musu, the niece of the former Chief Justice. This high-profile case, which garnered public attention, was initially ruled upon by a jury in Criminal Court ‘A’. The jury found Scott and her co-defendants guilty of allegedly using a kitchen knife to fatally stab Charloe…