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Rape, drug use must be bailable – Woyongo

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  • PRINCEWILLY@YMAIL.COM 9 years ago

    A King had to leave his Kingdom for some business. He was afraid that his only Daughter would be taken advantage of by some of the Guards because she was a very deep sleeper. So before he left, he slipped a razor blade betwee ...
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  • Okesse 9 years ago

    Yes and introduce flogging for certain offenses to reduce cost of keeping them in prisons . Probation and community work too

  • Pround pepeni. 9 years ago

    WOYONGO IS RIGHT. ONLY THE RAPE CASE I AM NOT SURE ABOUT. HOWEVER, AS HE SAID PEOPLE ON REMAND WHO HAVE NO CASE FILED IN THREE MONTHS, SHOULD BE BAILED. THESE DAYS REMAND IS USED AS A PUNISHMENT AND ROOT TO COLLECTING BRIBES. ...
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  • agreed, but 9 years ago

    our leaders need to do more but they are not. Look, the way we can decongest our prison for me is not only about granting of bail to so call non-bailable offences. I am aware we have lower offences, middle offences and high/h ...
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  • Jahsh 9 years ago

    Where did President Mahama find Woyongo to offer him position? He is a very sick man.

  • CORNEY 9 years ago

    Jahsh,or whatever your name is, how is the man sick,is your brain functioning,somebody saying something that is done in all civilized countries you are saying he is sick,can you tell us what is better to do than what he is sa ...
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  • Frank A Karikari 9 years ago

    Corney, I agree that Weed can be bailable depending on the quantity but not rape. If somebody rapes my daughter, I would want him dead. I know you know that rape cases in the USA are not bailable. I also agree with Wayongo on ...
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  • CORNEY 9 years ago

    Frank,it is not true that rape cases in the US are not bailable,I know of many rape cases which bonds were set and were bailed.
    One example was a high profile one heard all over the world that involved Koby Bryant which was ...
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  • OBSERVERS WITHOUT BORDERS 9 years ago

    Well said & a very good comment.KEEP IT UP

  • Reg, London 9 years ago

    @Corney, well done, I am so proud of you!

    You took the exact words right out of my mouth, no point me even reiterating it.

    It's heartbreaking, but the fact of the matter is that Ghana is riddled with ignorant people li ...
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  • kwame 9 years ago

    you are rather sick. We have to think outside the box. Thank you Mr Woyongo.

  • Concerned 9 years ago

    Explain exactly why you disagree with the minister. Should we keep people on remand longer with no evidence against them or we should equate wee smoking to murder. I think you would be a perfect minister for mahama. You will ...
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  • DR TRUTH 9 years ago

    RAPE SHOULD NOT BE BAILABLE BECAUSE RAPIST ARE A DANGER TO OTHERS NOT THEMSELVES UNLIKE SMOKING WEE. PERHAPS SITUATION SUCH AS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF A DRUNKEN/DRUGGED WOMAN WITHOUT USE OF FORCE SHOULD BE BAILABLE

  • CORNEY 9 years ago

    They should just leave to the Judge to look at the severity of the offense and also the background of the suspect whether he is repeat offender or if he is flight risk.

    If you don't have evidence to try somebody you don't ...
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  • Kwame 9 years ago

    The Ministry of Interior should just close the prisons and let all prisoners out and stop all these absurdities. Imagine a murder or a rapist going to the house of their victims and holding them to handsome.

  • KWAA 9 years ago

    Do know what victims of rape goes through for the rest of their lives Corney?and which civilized Nation do you mean grant bail to Rapist?Rape is barbaric and should not be tolerated.

  • CORNEY 9 years ago

    Check,I just gave one example,I believe in most countries and I know for a fact that it is done in America and I just gave two examples,we are in the era of technology,you can easily find out those information I provided,I do ...
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  • Frank A Karikari 9 years ago

    Corney, my best friend was murdered in Ghana by armed robbers in Ghana about 10 years ago and the wife seriously raped. Do you consider this rape as bailable? Such people need the death sentence.

  • Concerned 9 years ago

    Just trying to say the extremely violent nature of this case which also involves murder clearly shows bail is not appropriate. There are other cases like wee smoking or even to a certain extent the Kkd case, bail should be co ...
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  • CORNEY 9 years ago

    Frank,that is a different case which no judge will grant bail even if rape is bailable,I already answered you about those cases,it is not every rape which is not bailable,the law does not work with emotions.To violently rape ...
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  • KWAA 9 years ago

    This Minister is up to no good.How can you grant bail to some one who forces a woman attimes at gun point to sleep with her?These NDC men have no respect for women at all.Recently one of their MPs suggested an adulterous woma ...
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  • dani 9 years ago

    YES BROTHER RAPE IS BAILABLE SINCE NO ONE IS QUILTY UNTILL AND UNLESS COURT SAY THEY ARE QUILTY BASE ON FACTS NOT HEARSAY AND STORYS

  • Better Ghana no matter what 9 years ago

    I completely agree that drug usage and possession should be bailable but rapists?? There is nor room in society for rapists. I`m sure Mr. Woyongo has no daughter thats why he talks rubbish like that.

  • DARKWA 9 years ago

    woyongo is very wise .they should review our colo laws some offences should not be treated like the would is coming to and end .putting say wee smoker and a murderer into the same dungeon makes we ghanainas as almost animals ...
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  • Anokye 9 years ago

    please sir, take second look at ur decision

  • OBSERVERS WITHOUT BORDERS 9 years ago

    "RAPE" can sometimes be FRAMED

  • akkuffo addo 9 years ago

    wise minister our parliamentarians are only chopping money without changing our colonial laws fools they should mordenise their approach

  • Dessie 9 years ago

    This guy is a moron; cases like rape is a serious matter and it must be taken seriously..other offences like drugs must be a "Califonia Style..one arrest must be counted as one strike, second arrest must be 2strike and 33rd ...
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  • KKD 9 years ago

    RAPE SHD NOT BE BAILABLE.

  • dani 9 years ago

    DO YOU KNOW THAT GHANA BANKSTERS ARE RIPPING OFF GHANA PEOPLE? RUMMERS ARE GOING THAT PRUDENTIAL BANK OF GHANA PLACING ILLEGAL MTG LIENS AGAINST HOMES IN E.LAGON WITHOUT AUTORITY OR CONSENT FROM THE HOMEOWNERS ARE YOU AWE ...
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  • Chief Vandal 9 years ago

    Is this man crazy? Rape should not bew a bailable offense.

  • Charles 9 years ago

    Oh yes, Woyongo is mentally sick. I wish somebody out there rape his ugly daughter.If he talks about wee smoking, yes but not rape. Mahama should boot this idiot away if not some of us will not vote for the ndc again. He is ...
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  • Prince 9 years ago

    Prevention, they say is better than cure. We should all make conscious effort to refrain from those vices or stop raising false alarm about them and the cells will be decongested in that regard. Let us not hide behind this ca ...
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  • ugly akufo addo 9 years ago

    old thieve

  • James Again 9 years ago

    Charles is rather sick NOT mark woyongo, what he is saying is right to look at,

  • James Again 9 years ago

    Jahsh Mark is not sick, you is rather sick in the head, what do you? do you know more that him who is saying they should look at some situations which is not necessary? what about the young girls walking and befriending those ...
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  • James 9 years ago

    Mr. CORNEY you are right my brother you know better than those FOOLS there saying what they don't know after all they don't know anything like father like son they are

  • James 9 years ago

    What ever you called your self, who made you a Chief Vandal? are you normal at all? what do you know about rape case as it stand now, the man is saying that some of these cases should be bailable what is wrong about that Chie ...
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  • James 9 years ago

    And RAPE can some time be framed if you Chief Vandal dont know you better know that please, we all know that rape is an offence, but at list it should be bailable offence, some people are there in the prison yard for 14 years ...
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  • James 9 years ago

    KWAA i think you a woman in your home, you dont talk like a man at all, what do you mean by gun point does that make any good sense to you, raping at gun point is equal to murder case, some with a gun what do you called that ...
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  • BLACK 9 years ago

    YOUR HEAD NEEDS COMPUTER CHECK UP.MINISTRY OF CHICKEN BRAIN. I PRAY FOR SOME IDIOT TO RAPE YOUR WIFE OR YOUR DAUGHTER .THAT WHERE YOU WILL NO THAT YOU GOOD FOR NOTHING MINISTRY. ABOA .CRIMINAL TURN TO MINISTRY .FOR SURE HE WI ...
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  • Moshoe 9 years ago

    So this is the most important thing on this gentlemans agenda

  • Moshoe 9 years ago

    I wish someone rapes this mans anus at gun point maybe he will learn sense that what is required are more prisons

  • Ebeebetatale 9 years ago

    Bail for rapist no good at all. At. All for example bail for. Kkd. If he. See. Small. Girl he go. Chop am. Nyamfunyamfu.

  • Rastafara 9 years ago

    what are you talking about?

  • JH New York 9 years ago

    Woyongo is right,but why does he repeatedly said that some Countries around the world has legalized the weed.And so what !.I don't think Ghana has to copy everything other Countries do.Again,Woyonga should know that most Crim ...
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  • Ghabay,NY 9 years ago

    Smoking of weed is not homosexuality which God has condemned,but can you tell me where in the bible that God condemned the tress and natural herbs that he created?He rather encourages us to use them,because he says he created ...
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  • Ghabay,NY 9 years ago

    Why should anyone go to jail for a roll of weed?In most developed countries you only get a ticket if you are caught smoking in public,it even creates revenue for the nation.Weed has got so many health benefits according to re ...
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  • Reg, London 9 years ago

    So any woman can falsely accuse a man, out of malice, of raping her and there are people in Ghana who believe that man should be held in cells for an indefinite period until the incompetent police have investigated the case f ...
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  • 3dem 9 years ago

    If someone is put in there for years unend, your job is to make sure that the systm works so prosecution is quick. Make sure that dockets dont get lost and judges should ensure that they see through any remand case. They shou ...
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