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Six hundred and fifty-six prisoners
granted amnesty
Accra, June 30, GNA - President John Agyekum Kufuor in
consultation with the Prisons Service Council on Friday
granted amnesty to 656 prisoners on humanitarian grounds to
commemorate Ghana's 47th republican status on July 1.
The amnesty covers 634 first offenders who had served half
or more of their sentences, ten who were seriously ill and
incapacitated and who would not pose any threat to society,
two nursing mothers and two others serving at the
president's pleasure.
In a statement signed by Mr Albert Kan-Dapaah, Minister for
the Interior, said seven prisoners on death row had had
their sentences commuted to life sentences.
One prisoner on life sentence, who had served over ten
years, had had his sentence commuted to a definite term of
20 years.
The amnesty according to the statement was in accordance
with article 72 of the 1992 Constitution.
GNA
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