Liberia: Prez. Boakai Grants Executive Clemency to 72 Inmates

The President of the Republic of Liberia, Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., acting under the authority granted by Article 59 of the 1986 Constitution, has extended executive clemency to seventy-two (72) inmates housed in various correctional facilities across the country.

The decision was formally announced by the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Liberia, Cllr. N. Oswald Tweh, who explained that the clemency followed a rigorous vetting process conducted by a duly constituted committee appointed…