Monrovia, Aug. 28 -- Six defendants accused of multiple charges, including arson and attempted murder, in connection with the December 2024 Capitol Building fire, have petitioned the Supreme Court of Liberia to overturn several rulings made by Criminal Court "A" Judge Roosevelt Z. Willie, claiming their constitutional right to bail is being violated.

In their petition for a writ of certiorari, filed before Justice Wolokolie, the defendants - Christian Kofa, John Nyanti, Eric Susay, Thomas Isaac Etheridge, and Stephen Broh - argued that Judge Willie unlawfully kept them in detention despite approving their bail bond and requiring them to provide human sureties.

According to court documents, the defendants' lawyers secured and filed a val...