The presiding judge of the Criminal Court "A", Judge Peter Gbenewleh, is expected to hand down final ruling in the ongoing treason trial involving the Government of Liberia and two ex-officers of the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL), Gen. Charles Julu and retired Colonel, Andrew Dorbor.

The judge's ruling comes after heated arguments and counter legal arguments from both lawyers representing the Government of Liberia and Julu and Dorbor who were jointly indicted and charged for allegedly planning to overthrow the government of Madam Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf.

During the Tuesday's argument the government's legal representation headed by Montserrado County Attorney, Atty. Samuel Jacobs, argued that based upon the numerous evidences provided by them, the accused who have been detained for several months should be held guilty for wickedly and criminally conspiring to unseat the democratically elected Government of Liberia.

Attorney Jacobs, who loudly argued as a means of legally convincing the court, stated that the Government of Liberia has no intension lying on individuals when it does not have any proof for the allegation.

He claimed that the accused did plan to cause chaos in the country and reiterated that the accused went as far as arranging for arms and ammunitions from neighboring Ivory Coast to carry out their sinister deed which was later affirmed by the Ivorian authority.

For them, the defense counsel, headed by Cllr. Dempster Brown told the court that the Government of Liberia has no proof to show that his clients had planned to overthrow but referred to the government's allegation as calculated lies and attempt to get at the accused.

Cllr. Brown argued that the government's three witnesses produced in court during the trial provided three different statements relative to the arrest of Col. Dorbor and claimed that each of them was spread on record an evidence to show that the government has no case but rather a setup.

He urged the judge to hand down a non-guilty verdict as a way of assuring the world and the Liberian people that indeed justice is really done to all men regardless of tribal link or personality.

Judge Peter Gbenewleh who has been presiding over the case for over fifty days now took over from Charles K. Williams who earlier disgraced the jurors after it was reported that the jurors had received bribe from the state to overturn their verdict to guilty.

Even though the jury came down with a guilty verdict during the first trial, but the former presiding judge, Judge Charles K. Williams granted a motion for retrial which automatically led to his replacement.

He was later replaced by Judge Peter Gbenewleh who took charge of the entire retrial and he is expected to give his final opinion into the case today, this time without a jury.

The trial also saw the prosecution traveling to Ivory Coast to collect reports compiled by the Ivorian authorities relative to the arrest of one of the accused, Col. Dorbor in the Ivory Coast.