MONROVIA, Oct. 12 -- Judge Ousman F. Feika of Criminal Court "C" did not suspend Atty. Gbawou Kowou's law license. That distinction matters.

By Rodney D. Sieh

In a ruling dated October 9, Judge Feika dismissed a complaint in which Kowou accused the State's prosecutors of tampering with defense witnesses. He then referred Kowou to the Supreme Court's Grievance and Ethics Committee, "with a strong recommendation that his law license be suspended for one calendar year for unethical and unprofessional conduct unbefitting of a lawyer."

Kowou remains a licensed lawyer. Whether he stays one is now a question for the Committee and, ultimately, the full bench of the Supreme Court.

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