Seidu Musah Writes: Death Penalty Is Still Applicable In Ghana

An Accra High Court presided over by Mrs. Afia Serwaa Asare-Botwe(J) has on the 24th of January, 2024 delivered a landmark judgment in which some individuals including ACP Benjamin Agordzo and eight others are standing trial for offences in the nature of Treason and conspiracy to commit Treason. In this judgment three individuals were acquited and discharged and the others were convicted and sentenced to suffer death by hanging. The judgment sparked controversy and got tongues wagging on both traditional and social media as to whether or not death penalty is still applicable in the criminal jurisdiction in Ghana. Quite…