‪#‎ICC‬ chief prosecutor Fatou ‪#‎Bensouda‬ has admitted that she doesn’t have enough incriminating evidence in the ‪#‎Ruto‬ & ‪#‎Sang‬ case

‪#‎ICC‬ chief prosecutor Fatou ‪#‎Bensouda‬ has admitted that she doesn’t have enough incriminating evidence in the ‪#‎Ruto‬ & ‪#‎Sang‬ case. Bensouda made the admission last week while applying to have retracted witness statements admitted as evidence. She says that, because of a scheme organised to bribe and intimidate witnesses, her office has "been deprived of a significant portion of the incriminating evidence that it intended to present".

She then argues that she should have the right to use recorded statements made by witnesses out of the courtroom “because the witnesses had been interfered with and turned hostile on the stand. The prosecution is compelled to resort to alternative methods to place before the chamber the relevant and cogent evidence that these witnesses would otherwise have provided,” reads Bensouda’s application. Do you think Bensouda should be allowed to use the statements made by witnesses before they withdrew from the case?

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Hayim Curiel