Hilary Muza 
THE past few months have seen the legal profession as a whole and some of its members in particular, subjected to serious attack, which has manifested through wanton arrests on fabricated and/or trumped up charges. 
The country’s top advocate Thabani Mpofu, is being prosecuted for a crime whose facts leave one wondering what has gotten into the minds of our State prosecutors.
Advocate Sylvester Hashiti, Tapiwa Makanza and Joshua Chirambwe face a similar quandary. They all face some dubious charges relating to instituting a constitutional application on behalf of an alleged non-existent person.
I am barred from commenting much by legal ethics and rules of procedure since the criminal prosecution is still sub-judice.
Much as the sub-judice rule is firmly entrenched in our law, it does not discourage the public from passing fair comment on a court action or certain conduct of court officials, where such fair comment and criticism is deserved. This is not to suggest however, the prosecution cannot be criticised.
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