-As a Senior Defense Counsel, Justice Allison calls for Justice
One of the lead Counsels and families of the late Charloe Musu, niece of former Chief Justice of Liberia, Cllr. Gloria Musu Scott is calling for Justice in her murder.
, Former Chief Justice and one of the senior counsels who represented Justice Gloria Musu-Scott and family members in their murder trial in the lower court and appeal hearing before the Supreme Court, Cllr. Frances Johnson Allison acknowledges here that legal victory does not bring back life, noting that the family will have to live with the pain of the loss of their late niece, daughter, and sister, Charloe Musu.
In August, the Supreme Court of Liberia overturned the lower court's conviction of Justice Scott and three family members for lack of sufficient evidence and set them free.
The late Charloe Musu was murdered in the home of Justice Scott in February 2023, but the State failed to find the real culprits and, instead, indicted, tried, and found guilty the former chief justice and three of her family members for her murder based on circumstantial evidence, which the High Court overturned and ordered them released.
However, paying tribute during the funeral of the late Charloe at Christ Embassy Church in Virginia, Montserrado County, on Saturday, September 28, 2024, Justice Allison urged the bereaved family to have courage in God, who she said is the giver and taker of life and the greatest of all healers.
Justice Allison decries what she terms "system failure" that is hurting Liberians irrespective of status, class or affiliation.
She calls on the Government of Liberia not to neglect its sacred responsibility of protecting its citizens, which is the essence of government, adding that Charloe's death must not be swept under the table.
One year seven months after she was murdered, the remains of Charloe Musu, niece of former Chief Justice Gloria Musu-Scott, were on Saturday, September 28, 2024, buried, following a funeral service attended by hundreds of family members, relatives, friends, colleagues, and loved ones.
In her tribute at the Christ Embassy (City of Light) Church, former Chief Justice Gloria Musu-Scott asked God to expose and punish the killers of her late niece, Charloe Musu.
She tearfully bids farewell to her brilliant and industrial niece and prays that God takes care of the unknown perpetrators, their benefactors, and anyone who deliberately and intentionally conspired, concocted, and profited from the innocent blood of Charloe.
At the same time, she calls for a national reawakening that would end the culture of impunity, conspiracy, and deliberate and politically inspired neglect of duties and responsibilities by state actors.
"They will pay; they will pay; I say they will pay; oh yes, they will pay," she screams amidst uncontrollable tears from relatives, sympathizers, and other congregants.
Delivering the funeral discourse, the Senior Pastor of the Royal Embassy Church, Alvin K. Gezzie, consols the bereaved family and urges them to look up to God for healing and strength to overcome.
Pastor Gezzie asks Justice Scott and her family to reflect on the inspiring, promising, and enviable life of the late Charloe as a source of courage, love, and strength.
The deceased was a student of Starz University of Technology in Monrovia.
Representatives of the University describe the late Charloe Musu as a studious, intelligent, and lively character who always beamed with smiles while she was with them.
Lott Carey Baptist Mission School in Brewerville, where the late Charloe obtained her high school diploma and certificate, says she was a determined young lady and one of their best students who graduated from the Mission, pursued post-secondary education, and returned to serve as support staff, offering needful and effective services up to her murder.
For their part, employees of the Law & Democracy Center, established by Justice Gloria Musu-Scott, remind that "no sin goes unpunished" as they pay tribute to Charloe, a support staff of the institution.
Citizens of Maryland County, led by Senator J. Gbleh-bo Brown, also call for the perpetrator or perpetrators of Charloe's murder to be exposed and punished for their heinous crime as the family seeks God's grace for courage and strength to heal.
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Charloe was laid to rest at the Brewerville City Cemetery, behind Zion Grove Baptist Church, amidst tears, final scriptural readings, and rendition of solemn hymns (songs).
Murdered at age 28, she was a prospective graduate of the Starz University of Technology in Airfield, Sinkor, and gruesomely murdered by yet unknown assailant or assailants at the Virginia residence of her aunt, Justice Gloria Musu-Scott, on the night of February 22, 2023.
The Government of Liberia, under the regime of former President George Manneh Weah, investigated, charged, prosecuted, and found Justice Scott and three of her family members guilty of the murder of Charloe and sentenced them to life imprisonment, but following a long-awaited appeal hearing, the Supreme Court of Liberia reversed the guilty verdict and ordered Justice Scott and others released due to lack of evidence to link them to the commission of the crime of murder and the other charges. Editing by Jonathan Browne
