The Criminal Offences Amendment Act, 2022, has been passed by Parliament in an attempt to replace the death penalty with a life sentence. The passage means the death penalty has officially been repealed from Ghana’s
The Member of Parliament for Zebilla constituency in the Upper East Region, Cletus Apul Avoka, has kicked against calls for the abolishment of the death penalty from Ghana’s legal books. Legislators were divided over the
Amnesty International is appealing to stakeholders to throw weight behind a memorandum in support of the Private Members Bill before Parliament towards the abolition of the death penalty. The human rights advocacy institution is of the
