Aside from the obvious fraud and idiocy that’s been demonstrated by the defendant, defense counsel, and judge, the most preposterous thing about this is that the obscure dialect the defendant claims to need an interpreter for simply doesn’t have words for many of the legal concepts involved in the case. It is not a language in which sophisticated activity of any sort is conducted.
It wouldn’t have made any difference if he’d gone to college in Liberia, rather than the US. There are precisely two post-secondary educational institutions in Liberia. The language of instruction in both is English. Feel free to peruse their websites. You won’t need a translator.
University of Liberia http://www.tlcafrica.com/lu/lu.htm
Cuttington University http://www.cuttington.org/
And needless to say, any college-preparatory high school in Liberia would have to teach primarily or exclusively in English.
Thanks for your research.
I wish the MSM would cover this angle. They keep talking about him going to high school and college here, as though he picked up a little English along the way. I’d like to see them do a little research and broadcast the fact that this guy’s native tongue is English.