Liberia: Tweah Rejects Mistrial Ruling

Liberia: Tweah Rejects Mistrial Ruling

- Court orders new trial over jury tampering

JUDGE FEIKA ORDERS ARREST OF 15 JURORS AS TWEAH ACQUITTAL IS OVERTURNED IN JURY TAMPERING CASE

By Socrates Smythe Saywon | Smart News Liberia MONROVIA — A major legal development has unfolded in the economic sabotage case involving former Finance and Development Planning Minister Samuel D. Tweah, as Criminal Court “C” Judge Ousman F. Feika set aside the previous acquittal verdict and ordered a retrial after findings of alleged jury misconduct. In a ruling delivered Tuesday, July 21, 2026, Judge Feika declared the earlier proceedings compr…