-In dispensing justice without fear or favor
By Garmah Never Lomo,garmahlomo@gmail.com
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia, Francis S .Korkpor Sr. has told lawyers, prospective jurors, and Judges that they should let their conscience be their guide as they dispense justice.
The Cambridge
dictionary defines conscience as “the part of you
that judges how moral your own actions are and makes you feel guilty about bad
things that you have done or things you.”
Speaking during the opening of the May Term of Court at the Temple of Justice in
Monrovia recently, the head of the Judiciary said if lawyers, judges,
prospective jurors to dispense justice without fear or favor their conscience will
always set them free.
He said if justice are not dispensed by these groups of people, their conscience
will never permit them to sleep well, because they have hurt someone wrongly.
The head of the Judiciary disclosed that one who do something whether right or
wrong they will live by their conscience, and even in their graves their conscience
will speak for them.
Chief Korkpor added that the issues of pre-trial detainees is a serious matter
in the country and this serious matter blame is been shift on the Judiciary
system.
Liberia’s chief Justice expressed the rule of law is a collaboration and team
work and cautioned lawyers to time conscience wherever place they are assigned.
Chief Justice Korkpor also called on laywers, magistrates and Judges to know
what amount to civil charge should not be used for criminal charge, which is
one of those charges causing the overcrowding of prisons in Liberia.
He said that reason why Judges and Magistrates usually sent people to jail is
that they are afraid of being criticized or accused but told them regardless of
what will say they should go by the laws and their conscience.
The Judiciary head called on Judges, lawyers and prospective jurors that when
cases are good or bad they say it adding in so doing they are dispensing
justice that they cannot see.
According to Chief Justice Korkpor,t we are living in a country where people
only politicize things rather than reading the opinion of the courts.