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Move Police Prosecutors To Rural Areas – Criminal Defence Lawyer

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A criminal defense lawyer, Martin Kpebu, is advocating the fading out of police prosecutors in the cities to rural communities. He explained that there cannot be development in the judicial system when persons who are not lawyers serve as prosecutors in court. Across the country’s courts, police officers who have not been trained as lawyers … Read more

Every Accused Person Is Entitled To Bail In Ghana

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Every criminal offence is bailable in Ghana now. The Supreme Court of Ghana on May 5, 2016 declared Ghana’s law on non-bailable offences as unconstitutional. Before the ruling, suspects facing charges such as treason, subversion, murder, robbery, hijacking, piracy, rape and defilement or escape from lawful custody could not be admitted to bail according to … Read more