Monrovia, May 13 -- Liberia's most politically explosive corruption prosecution in recent years is facing a dramatic legal unraveling, as defense lawyers for former Acting Justice Minister Cllr. Nyenati Tuan and former National Security Advisor Jefferson S. Karmoh push to overturn guilty verdicts handed down in the controversial US$6.2 million economic sabotage case.

By Willie N. Tokpah, willien.tokpah@frontpageafricaonline.com

In a Motion for New Trial filed before Criminal Court "C," defense attorneys argued that the jury's split verdict is legally contradictory and unsupported by evidence, especially after the acquittal of the prosecution's alleged "masterminds," former Finance Minister Samuel D. Tweah Jr. and former Financial Intell...