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Ghana Outlaws Capital Punishment

HeadlineJul 27, 2023

Ghana’s Parliament has voted to outlaw capital punishment, with a narrow exception for cases of high treason, making Ghana the 124th country to abolish the death penalty. The West African nation hasn’t carried out an execution since 1993, but the change in law will see death sentences for nearly 180 prisoners commuted to life imprisonment.

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