Monrovia — The House of Representatives Tuesday passed into law an Act seeking to make Armed Robbery, Terrorism and Hijacking non-bailable crimes and punishable by death.
Prior to the passage of the Act sponsored by Representative Edward Forh, and co-sponsored by Representatives Rufus Neufville of Monrtserrado County and Elijah Seah of River Gee County, some lawmakers argued that there are laws already on the books making armed robbery a non-bailable offence, and as such, there was no need to come out with a new law.
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