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Supreme Court News
Specifically, the apex court held that sections 16(2)(a) and 16(2)(h)-(l) of the Act are unconstitutional, having been enacted contrary to Article 289(2) of the 1992 Constitution.
DL News
Africa
The charges come after gunmen recently attacked a barracks and prison in the capital Freetown. Numerous others are also facing similar charges over the incident.
DW
US
The lawsuits were filed under New York's Adult Survivors Act, which lets adult victims sue over attacks that occurred decades ago - a law which expires after Thanksgiving on Thursday and has seen more than 2,500 actions so far
Sky News
Africa
Interior Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo said those freed were inmates who had been in custody for not paying fines.
BBC
Africa
This is after the country's transport minister was robbed at gun-point in a daring attack on Monday.
BBC
General
"Sharing my lived experiences with the Justice delivery system vi-a-vis public confidence in the judiciary and how recent Judicial pronouncements and rulings portend for consideration of Ghana’s democracy."
DL News
General
When I look back at certain cases whose outcomes I consider undesirable, regardless of my own views on the questions being judged in them, I come to the conclusion that, we have in this country a fiercely independent Judiciary in which all...
DL News
Africa
Luyanda Mboniswa, who was 21 years old when he committed the crime, worked as a security guard at the former first lady’s apartment block.
BBC
General
Following the National Communications Authority(NCA) scandal, Alhaji Osman was sentenced to a five-year jail term in 2020 for willfully causing financial loss to the state
DL News
General
The training, which will mainly be done virtually, is to enhance their optimum usage of the application during the legal vacation virtual court sittings
DL News
Courts
The convict stole the television fixed in the apartment, cash of GHC1,000.00, and an empty money box.
GNA
Africa
Kenya's death penalty disproportionately affects people from low-income households, many of whom lack proper legal representation.
DW
Crime
The 54-year-old Assistant Inspector of Immigration was said to have escaped after taking money from his victims who are workers at a private health facility in Ho where he was receiving treatment for stroke.
GRAPHIC ONLINE
General
“Generally, our legal system has not mainstreamed Restorative Justice."
DL News
General
The CTS was launched in 2018 with support from the US government. It is expected to promote inter-agency collaboration and information-sharing in effectively investigating and prosecuting criminal cases.
DL News
General
Non-Custodial Sentence or Alternative Sentence refers to a punishment given by a court of law that does not involve a prison term.
DL News
General
Even though there existed a few instances where plea bargaining existed for very few offenses like Subsections (2) and (3) of Section 239 of Act 30 and others, the majority of offenses under Ghana’s criminal jurisdiction are generally exclu...
DL News
General
“It is only judges and magistrates who have the power to remand but if we allow our court clerks to extend dates, it means that we are giving judicial power to them.”
DL News
General
Some legal experts have called for the review of the Alternative Disputes Resolution (ADR) Act and Legal Aid Commission Act to include petty offences.
GNA
General
In a live Facebook video on April 11, 2022, convener of #Fix The Country Movement, Oliver Barker Vormawor made an allegation of being manhandled by Police officials while under their custody.
DL News
