The President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama has granted amnesty to 998 prisoners out of a total of 1,014 recommended.
This was done based upon the recommendation of the Prisons Service Council and in consultation with the Council of State and in accordance with Article 72(1) of the Constitution.
A statement issued by Mr Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the Presidential Spokesman and Minister of State in-charge of Government Communications, said the categories of convicts affected were: First time offenders 787, Death sentence to be commuted to life imprisonment 87 and Life sentences to be commuted to 20 years definite term 51.
The rest were: Seriously ill 33, over 70 years old irrespective of offence 36, nursing mothers, two and as a result of petitions, two.
Source: GNA.
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