Delay in trying criminal cases, gross injustice - Mr Justice Poku

Sunyani (B/A), Feb. 9, GNA - A supervising High Court Judge said tha= t the delay in forwarding serious criminal cases from lower courts to the= high court for expeditious trial amounted to gross injustice against suspects and accused persons. Mr. Justice Francis Kwabena Poku, in charge of the Brong-Ahafo Regio= n, on Monday expressed worry that murder and first degree felony cases have been pending before district courts in the region for more than 10 years. The Supervising High Court Judge was speaking at the opening of the criminal assize for the 2010 judicial year in Sunyani. Mr. Justice Poku appealed to » Read More

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