Did you hear this one?
By Tutor on Jul 23, 2007 in Featured, Rants
Another looser Judge in our un-American court system. People get harassed each and every day just trying to eek out a living by the police and courts. But what happens when someone that needs to be behind bars goes in-front of these same power hungry people?
Prosecutor Appeals Ruling That Dismissed Rape Charges Against Liberian Man Because Interpreter Could Not Be Found Monday, July 23, 2007 ROCKVILLE, Md. — The prosecutor in the case of a Liberian native charged with repeatedly raping and molesting a 7-year-old girl said Monday that he is filing an appeal of a controversial judge’s ruling that dismissed all charges because an interpreter who spoke the suspect’s rare West African dialect could not be found. Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy called the ruling last Tuesday by Judge Katherine Savage “improper,” adding that his office has “requested that an appeal be taken to reverse the court’s order.”
Savage ruled on July 17 that Mahamu Kanneh, a Liberian who received asylum in the U.S. and attended high school and community college here, was denied a speedy trial after three years awaiting a court-appointed interpreter who could speak the tribal language of Vai. Linguists estimate that only 100,000 people speak Vai.
Lets get this right, though. The person needing the interpreter speaks English and not only that had 3 different court assigned interpreters during different parts of the court case. Lets say this again… the person spoke English good enough to graduate the English classes in school and was taking college classes!