Prison Rights Would Be Improved – Chief Justice
The Chief Justice, Mrs Georgina Theodora Wood says “she will use her ‘legitimate powers’ after retirement to improve on prison rights in the country.” “I will continue to advocate the...
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Prison Rights Would Be Improved –
The Chief Justice, Mrs Georgina Theodora Wood says “she will use her ‘legitimate powers’ after retirement to improve on prison rights in the country.” “I will continue to advocate the...
Prison Rights Would Be Improved
The Chief Justice, Mrs Georgina Theodora Wood says “she will use her ‘legitimate powers’ after retirement to improve on prison rights in the country.” “I will continue to advocate the...
‘Galamsey Queen’ Aisha Huang Denied Bail
An Accra High Court has adjourned a bail application by Aisha Huang, a Chinese woman believed to be deeply engaged in illegal mining to May 23, 2017. Aisha Huang was remanded in prison custody...
Justice Dotse Chides Judges For Not Respecting Supreme Court’s Decision On Bail
A Justice of the Supreme Court, Mr Justice Jones Dotse, has accused some judges, magistrates and prosecutors of conniving to disregard the Apex Court’s ruling that allows persons accused of certain...
Some Judges Threatening Criminal Justice System
A Supreme Court judge, Justice Jones Dotse, has expressed worry over the conduct of some High Court judges who disregard a ruling by the Supreme Court that says all offences in the country are...
Chinese Lady, 4 Others Remanded Over Immigration Service Probe
A High Court in Accra has remanded into prison custody Aisha Huang, the Chinese woman believed to be deeply engaged in illegal mining, and four other Chinese nationals till May 23, 2017. The court...
Chinese Lady, 4 Others Remanded Amidst Immigration Service Probe
A High Court in Accra has remanded into prison custody Aisha Huang, the Chinese woman believed to be deeply engaged in illegal mining, and four other Chinese nationals till May 23, 2017. The court...
7 Remand Prisoners Freed Under Justice For All Programme
Seven persons on remand at the Nsawam Medium Security Prison were yesterday set free under the “Justice For All Programme” (JFAP), an initiative meant to decongest the country’s prisons. One of...
Chief Justice Oversees Last Justice For All Programme; Inmates Freed
As part of efforts to decongest the prisons, three judges Friday sat at the Nsawam Prison and heard the cases of some inmates who have been on remand for years. The Chief Justice (CJ), Mrs Georgina...
57 Inmates of Nsawam Prison To Benefit From Justice For All Initiative
The Justice For All (JFA) programme of the Judicial Service of Ghana has pitched its tents at the Nsawam Medium Security Prison where the programme is expected to hear some 48 applications with a...
US Allows ‘El Chapo’ To Write To Wife From Behind Bars
A US judge granted limited relaxations Thursday to the stringent custody conditions of Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman and allowed him to write to his beauty queen wife. The 60-year-old,...
Chinese Illegal Miners Abused Ghana’s Immigration Laws – State Attorney
The five Chinese and their Ghanaian counterparts arrested in March 2017 for mining illegally on River Ankobra at Dawule in the Nzema East Municipality of the Western Region, abused Ghana’s...
Accused Person Smears Himself With Faeces To Avoid Trial
Proceedings at the Ashaiman circuit court was Monday halted for two hours after a-19-year old accused person who was to appear before it eased and smeared himself with the faeces in the holding cell....
Chinese Illegal Miners Abused Ghana’s Immigration Law
The five Chinese and their Ghanaian counterparts arrested in March 2017 for mining illegally on River Ankobra at Dawule in the Nzema East Municipality of the Western Region, abused Ghana’s...
13 Delta Force Members Granted Bail
A Kumasi High Court has granted bail to the 13 members of a vigilante group, Delta Force, accused of rioting, causing unlawful damage and assault on a public officer. Counsel for the accused,...
Court ‘pardons’ 13 Delta Force Escapees But…
The Kumasi Circuit Court Four, presided over by John Ekwow Mensah has pardoned the 13 members of the Delta Force for their actions at the KMA Circuit Court on April 6 2017. The accused persons who...
Court Pardons 13 Delta Force ‘escapees’
They were convicted to a fine of 200 penalty units each and a bond to be of good behaviour The Kumasi Circuit Court Four, presided over by John Ekwow Mensah has pardoned the 13 members of the Delta...
Delta 13 Back In Court Today
Thirteen members of pro-government vigilante group Delta Force, who escaped from custody after being remanded by a Kumasi Circuit Court, will return to the court today Tuesday April 11 to face fresh...
Bail Denied For 8 Persons Arrested For Storming Court
A Kumasi circuit court has denied bail to eight persons arrested for storming the facility last Thursday and freeing 13 members of the militant group, Delta Force. The 13 members of the group that is...