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Eastern Region: 187 ‘galamseyers’ jailed since 2017- Attorney General
The convicts include Twenty-nine Nigeriens, Seven Nigerians, and three Chinese nationals.
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Community sentencing will contribute to Ghana’s developmental agenda – Deputy AG
Non-Custodial Sentence or Alternative Sentence refers to a punishment given by a court of law that does not involve a prison term.
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Supreme Court News
Ghana’s two-term presidential limit applies even after a break - Lawyer to Supreme Court
The action, filed by private legal practitioner Derick Adu Gyamfi against the Attorney-General, seeks an interpretation of Article 66(2) of the 1992 Constitution on the maximum number of terms a person may serve as President of Ghana.
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Supreme Court News
“Seller Beware”: Supreme Court Issues Stern Warning to Auto Dealers After Refurbished Engine Fraud
The Court held that in Ghana, for policy reasons, some statutes mandatorily imply certain terms into certain contracts notably, Act 137. Unless there is a contrary express term in a contract for sale, Act 137 implies certain standard terms...
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Supreme Court News
CRC proposes 10-year term or 70 years retirement age for Chief Justice
Under the plan, a Chief Justice who completes the 10-year term before turning 70 would step down from the leadership role but may remain on the bench as an ordinary Justice of the Supreme Court, while retaining the full benefits attached to...
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General
Key reforms proposed by the Constitution Review Committee
The recommendations were outlined by the Committee’s Chair, Professor Henry Kwasi Prempeh, when he presented key highlights of the final report to President John Dramani Mahama at the Jubilee House on Monday, 22 December.
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Supreme Court News
True meaning of Article 97(1)(g) and (h) as clarified by Supreme Court
The seven-member panel in the opinion of Darko Asare JSC held among others that Article 97(1)(g) is aimed at guarding against a scenario where majority members might unduly influence opposition MPs to join them, undermining parliamentary op...
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Supreme Court directs Ken Kuranchie to amend his reliefs in suit against former president Mahama
Mr. Kuranchie, who is a legal practitioner, is seeking, among others, a declaration that, upon a true and proper interpretation of Article 66(1) of the 1992 Constitution, the presidential term is four years.
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General
Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021
A person who detains another person with the intent to cause that person to engage in a sexual activity prohibited under this Act commits an offence and is liable, on summary conviction, to a term of imprisonment of not less than one year a...
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Mahama calls for prison reform, says jails should not be places of despair
Meeting the Ghana Prisons Service Council at the Jubilee House on Tuesday, he said the state of the country’s prisons demands urgent attention and a broader conversation about what incarceration is supposed to achieve.
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Courts
Escapee Chinese bribed prison officers with KFC, GH¢1,000
Joseph Oteng and Sergeant Isaac Boateng Bonsu, who had taken Wang Xiao to the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital for a dental appointment, chose to escort him to a hotel in Korle Gonno to meet his supposed wife instead of taking him back into priso...
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General
Prison systems must work together to treat inmates justifiably-Prof. Mensah Bonsu
“Prison Systems are called systems because all these systems must work together to achieve a justifiable treatment of the inmates."
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Courts
Man sentenced 20 years to prison over 2019 killing of two policemen at Kasoa
On August 28, 2019, Duah shot and killed General Lance Corporal Mohammed Awal and Lance Corporal Michael Dzamesi on the Kasoa Budumburam road in the Central Region. The incident occurred after the policeman attempted to arrest the convict...
Ghanaian Times
Courts
Appeal against 15-year jail term: Amasaman court sets Feb. 5 to decide Agradaa's fate
Agradaa is seeking to overturn both her conviction and the 15-year prison term imposed on 3 July 2025, after she was found guilty of charlatanic advertisement and defrauding by false pretence.
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Crime
Agradaa not eligible for presidential amnesty – Prisons Service clarifies
Chief Superintendent Abdul Latif, Public Relations Officer of the Service, explained that Agradaa is ineligible because she has not served half of her 15-year prison term — a mandatory condition for consideration under the amnesty scheme.
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Courts
Police officer jailed 12 years for assisting ex-convict travel abroad
The officer was said to have allowed himself to be corrupted by Johnson, an ex-convict, to assist him travel abroad and escape serving his jail term.
GNA
General
Government advances plan to replace some jail terms with community service
Interior Minister Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak says the bill is intended to shift the system away from automatic custodial punishment in less serious cases and toward a model that is more practical, humane and cost-effective.
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General
Kumasi Central Prisons to harness inmate skills in sachet, bottled water production
Located within the prison barracks in Adum, Kumasi, the plant operates under strict hygienic conditions and is run by inmates alongside prison officers.
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Courts
Justice for all: 12 inmates discharged from Nsawam Prison
Another inmate was acquitted and discharged, ten were granted bail, and two were denied bail.
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Crime
Two police inspectors jailed for secessionist activities
Billy Akuaku, who made financial contributions to another group known as Homeland Study Group Foundation (HSGF), was sentenced to five years in prison and fined GH¢6,000.
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