If you steal 2 bags of cement, you may get a jail time in less than a month. If a politician who is supe-educated and knows right from wrong steals millions, he stays on post. Untouchable!!
If you steal 2 bags of cement, you may get a jail time in less than a month. If a politician who is supe-educated and knows right from wrong steals millions, he stays on post. Untouchable!!
MANTSE 11 years ago
I couldn't agree with you more.
I think our magistrates are either
over-sentencing and our judges under-sentencing.
Our judges must be given sentencing guidelines so as to bring some uniformity to sentencing.
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I couldn't agree with you more.
I think our magistrates are either
over-sentencing and our judges under-sentencing.
Our judges must be given sentencing guidelines so as to bring some uniformity to sentencing.
This is most unfair. He probably did not know anybody who 'could see the Judge in chambers on his behalf' What an UNJUST SOCIETY.
Yes, Such a harsh sentence may have been imposed to deter others.
And what are we doing to deter Corruption? The answer has been the same since 'the time of Adam',NOTHING.
kojo 11 years ago
ghanians are so stopid that wayome case is stil in court a guy who stoll 51 million still freedom and steel 2 bags has been sentence wihding somedays.
ghanians are so stopid that wayome case is stil in court a guy who stoll 51 million still freedom and steel 2 bags has been sentence wihding somedays.
gerker 11 years ago
This poor guy could not afford to pay bribes. The police did find Concrete evidence but the judge is biased
This poor guy could not afford to pay bribes. The police did find Concrete evidence but the judge is biased
Kofi 11 years ago
This is bad , a month imprisonment or communal service would have been ok.
This is bad , a month imprisonment or communal service would have been ok.
cool 11 years ago
If there were a lot of employment opportunities all these petty theft will not happen.The govt should also create an unemployment fund for people who have lost their job to cash into it. This poor guy is going to sit in priso ... read full comment
If there were a lot of employment opportunities all these petty theft will not happen.The govt should also create an unemployment fund for people who have lost their job to cash into it. This poor guy is going to sit in prison at the tax payers expense.Where is all the oil money?
Kofi 11 years ago
What has Police cap got to do with this.
If that is the case, then it must be theft of gov't property, other than that, "police style" cap should have nothing to do with this case.
These Judges & Magistrates are a bunch of ... read full comment
What has Police cap got to do with this.
If that is the case, then it must be theft of gov't property, other than that, "police style" cap should have nothing to do with this case.
These Judges & Magistrates are a bunch of &%*$#@. ...this crime deserves probation, community sentence and a suspended jail term. ...at worst 6 months. Now Gov't is going to feed this guy for 24 months, and in the meantime he will do no productive work.
If you steal 2 bags of cement, you may get a jail time in less than a month. If a politician who is supe-educated and knows right from wrong steals millions, he stays on post. Untouchable!!
I couldn't agree with you more.
I think our magistrates are either
over-sentencing and our judges under-sentencing.
Our judges must be given sentencing guidelines so as to bring some uniformity to sentencing.
This i ...
read full comment
ghanians are so stopid that wayome case is stil in court a guy who stoll 51 million still freedom and steel 2 bags has been sentence wihding somedays.
This poor guy could not afford to pay bribes. The police did find Concrete evidence but the judge is biased
This is bad , a month imprisonment or communal service would have been ok.
If there were a lot of employment opportunities all these petty theft will not happen.The govt should also create an unemployment fund for people who have lost their job to cash into it. This poor guy is going to sit in priso ...
read full comment
What has Police cap got to do with this.
If that is the case, then it must be theft of gov't property, other than that, "police style" cap should have nothing to do with this case.
These Judges & Magistrates are a bunch of ...
read full comment