Ghana
MAHAMA GRANTS EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY TO 863 PRISONERS AHEAD OF GHANA’S 70TH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY
President John Dramani Mahama has granted executive clemency to 863 convicted persons under Article 72(1) of Ghana’s Constitution after consulting the Council of State. 819 first offenders, 13 prisoners aged 70 or above, six seriously ill inmates and two people approved under special recommendations are being released outright. Eleven death sentences have been commuted to life imprisonment, while six life sentences have been reduced to definite 20-year terms. Three cases were approved following petitions and another three fall under an unspecified “others” category. The Presidency says the exercise forms part of activities marking Ghana’s 70th Independence Anniversary.
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