DEATH PENALTY ACT, 2023 (ACT 1101) CRIMINAL OFFENCES (AMENDMENT) __________ ACT, 2023__________ ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section 1. Section 46 of Act 29 amended 2. Section 49 of Act 29 amended 3. Section 49A of Act 29 amended 4. Section 194 of Act 29 amended 5. Section 317A of Act 29 amended The One Thousand One […]
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The Accra High Court trying nine persons for High Treason has sentenced six persons including three soldiers to death by hanging for plotting to overthrow the incumbent government. They are Donya Kafui, Bright Alan Debrah, Johannes Zikpi, Lance Airforce Corporal Ali Solomon, Corporal Sylvester Akankpewon and Warrant Officer Class Two (WOII) Esther Saan Dekuwine. Meanwhile,
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Australian writer Yang Hengjun has been given a suspended death sentence by a Chinese court, five years after he was arrested and accused of spying. The sentence may be commuted to life imprisonment after two years, according to Australian officials. Dr Yang – a scholar and novelist who blogged about Chinese state affairs – denies
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The Supreme Court has refused to grant a last-minute reprieve to an Alabama death row inmate facing the first ever US execution by nitrogen inhalation. The justices have twice declined, along with a federal appeals court, to block what Kenneth Eugene Smith’s lawyers call a “cruel and unusual” punishment. Opponents say using nitrogen gas could
