Liberia: 'The State Will Either Prosecute or Release'

AllAfrica29 October 2026, 11:07 UTCLiberia

[Liberian Observer] Cllr. Betty M. Lamin-Blamo, nominee for Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Liberia, has pledged to review pretrial detention cases nationwide, strengthen criminal prosecutions and pursue corruption and drug trafficking cases, disclosing that 2,848 of the 4,125 persons held in the country's prisons as of September 2026 had never been tried.

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