Revealed: Ghana has no hangman to execute death row convicts

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Kwadwo 6 years ago

Lethal injection is more humane. Why hang anyone these days?

Lethal injection is more humane. Why hang anyone these days?
Habib Mohammed 6 years ago

You can contact me for that,it's a noble job in Islam.

You can contact me for that,it's a noble job in Islam.
Kwasi 6 years ago

This is easy job, lethal injection, use DDT and ginger mixed with pepper and give it to any prison officer to do the injection. Quick. You don't need any hang man. He's scared to go he'll so he left the job without notic,

This is easy job, lethal injection, use DDT and ginger mixed with pepper and give it to any prison officer to do the injection. Quick. You don't need any hang man. He's scared to go he'll so he left the job without notic,
Alex 6 years ago

The hangman, the gay man and Prof. Ocquaye
By George Sydney Abugri
It was usually an eerie moment for the convict’s relatives, court reporters, lawyers, the convict and people in the public gallery: Before passi ...
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The hangman, the gay man and Prof. Ocquaye
By George Sydney Abugri
It was usually an eerie moment for the convict’s relatives, court reporters, lawyers, the convict and people in the public gallery: Before passing the death sentence, the court judge would in accordance with judicial tradition pick up and put on a black cap, before pronouncing those dreaded words: “…I sentence you to hang by the neck until you die. May God have mercy on your soul.”
What?! The Lord have mercy on a ruthless killer’s soul? On second thought, Jomo, who can tell with God, especially where there is genuine repentance? That is beside the real point though, which is that these days, court judges in Ghana keep playing a judicial hoax on the public in the matter of the death sentence.

It is a prank that does not appear to amuse the chaps from Amnesty International who called on Speaker of Parliament Professor Mike Ocquaye on Tuesday to press home the point: Whenever there is a change of political administration in Ghana, the Amnesty people always show up right on time to ask the new administration to expunge the death penalty from Ghana’s statutes.
You wonder why they bother to do that, since no convict sentenced to death in Ghana has actually walked the high road to the gallows for the past 24 years! No executions of convicts sentenced to death have been carried out in Ghana since 1993. It has left the hangman at the Nsawam Medium Security Prisons unemployed, and he must be wondering if he will ever get his job back.
Why then is Amnesty upset, and why do judges continue to sentence convicts to death? You wonder who the big joke is on, since capital punishment as a deterrent to violent crime, is dead serious business. On second thought, judges may only be handing down the maximum penalty for some categories of crime on conviction.
The death penalty has remained dormant in Ghana’s statutes probably to give the public a false sense of security while keeping the international anti-death penalty people happy. So why are they not happy and have to go and worry the Speaker of Parliament with the ritualistic request that capital punishment be expunged from our criminal justice laws?
The Amnesty people argue that in other countries, people have been convicted and sentenced to death for crimes they did not commit. They describe capital punishment as “cruel and inhumane” and not a deterrent against crime.
It makes sense to allow for a margin of error in any exercise and no statistics were provided to show whether cases of miscarriage of justice were so significant as to justify the abolition of the death penalty. I don’t know about capital punishment NOT being a deterrent to crime but the bit about the death penalty being cruel and inhumane invites a question: What about their victims? In Ghana, the majority of death row convicts are convicted robbers and killers.
Some crimes are so heinous that they weigh very heavily on the conscience of society. Makers of the law felt that such people must necessarily be kept permanently away from society for society’s own safety. That is how the death penalty came about.
It is unclear whether the folks from Amnesty broached the subject of the so-called gay and lesbian rights in their meeting with professor Ocquaye or whether the House Speaker only jumped at an opportunity to launch a virtual tirade against gays and lesbians as he did. It was a rather undiplomatic, unexpected and blistering attack on the so-called rights of gay people.
As you might expect, some homosexuals jumped on Professor Ocquaye’s neck and shoulders and pummeled the old man relentlessly on some Internet websites, for daring to suggest that gays in Ghana should be deprived of their rights to their sexual preferences.
Here is my opinion on this vexed issue about gays and lesbians, Jomo: They are children of God like the rest of us and have a right to personal choices but wait a second: Natural Law is a concept which holds that there is inherent in nature, a set of laws created by God to which all humans must conform. These laws are considered from the point of view of common sense, to be so self-evident that they are easily observed by everyone.

A study of the male and female reproductive systems in particular, should make it obvious to every sane person that their natural function is to come together for the purpose of procreation. A physical act in which an organ meant for excreting body waste is used as a sexual organ and which sexual act does not lead to procreation, is wrong. There is nothing like the right to do wrong, is there?

Unless anyone can provide evidence to the contrary, we must assume that the human rights referred to in the United Nations Charter of Human Rights pertain to natural rights. What is unnatural cannot be right or claimed as a human right, can it?
Professor Ocquaye might have gone to meet his Parliament House guests armed with a fat Bible with a bright red cover and quoted at the top of his voice from Leviticus 18: 22: “No man shall have sexual relations with another man; God hates that.”
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Charles Mensah 6 years ago

Give me your numbers to arrange a meeting.

Give me your numbers to arrange a meeting.
the citizen 6 years ago

What do you mean by no hangman?Firing squad is there.What are the soldiers trained to kill there for?Give them all firing squad.

What do you mean by no hangman?Firing squad is there.What are the soldiers trained to kill there for?Give them all firing squad.
Yabre 6 years ago

Don't the Maximum Security officials have the mandate to train all aspects of its "operation"?

Don't the Maximum Security officials have the mandate to train all aspects of its "operation"?
Charles Mensah 6 years ago

Why does amnesty international bother us? Why don't u start from the U.S.A where the death penalty still exists.

Why does amnesty international bother us? Why don't u start from the U.S.A where the death penalty still exists.
T.K. 6 years ago

THIS HAS BEEN PLAGIARIST FROM ABUGRI'S ARTICLE ON FACEOOK. SHAME.

THIS HAS BEEN PLAGIARIST FROM ABUGRI'S ARTICLE ON FACEOOK. SHAME.
Lord Garvah 6 years ago

What nonsense is that? Can't you just bury them alive and stop wasting tax payers money foolishly.

What nonsense is that? Can't you just bury them alive and stop wasting tax payers money foolishly.
Bill Friction 6 years ago

This hardening criminals can be used as a target at range for the military recruit under training to enable them sharpen their skills at Arms at Bondase Gallery range

This hardening criminals can be used as a target at range for the military recruit under training to enable them sharpen their skills at Arms at Bondase Gallery range
Scorpion 6 years ago

I agree with u,thus very sensible

I agree with u,thus very sensible
Scorpion 6 years ago

I agree with u Bill Friction,thus very sensible

I agree with u Bill Friction,thus very sensible
Odikro 6 years ago

Jerry Rawlings can do that job with ease. He has the records of his resume.

Jerry Rawlings can do that job with ease. He has the records of his resume.
Speaker of My Mind 6 years ago

A ship sailing near the mouth of the Amazon River sent out a distress call for water to ships in the area. 3 times the response came back: "Cast your bucket where you are!" And upon casting the bucket right there, up came swe ...
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A ship sailing near the mouth of the Amazon River sent out a distress call for water to ships in the area. 3 times the response came back: "Cast your bucket where you are!" And upon casting the bucket right there, up came sweet-tasting fresh water.
Among the death row convicts, there must certainly be murderers. Put them to work! They've already demonstrated their skills on innocent people, and now is the time for them to show off those skills to their murdering compatriots.
komkom 6 years ago

Politicians are mass killing directly and indirectly in Ghana. Criminals are killing innocent people and now we want somebody to legally kill people who have been sentenced to death legally and we don't have them min Ghana. L ...
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Politicians are mass killing directly and indirectly in Ghana. Criminals are killing innocent people and now we want somebody to legally kill people who have been sentenced to death legally and we don't have them min Ghana. Let us recruit just two from Afghanistan and sanitary will prevail. A village chief once complained of invasion of stray CATs in his jurisdiction. Two Ewe men were dispatched there and there was sanity within 3 days!!!.Bring Afghans to solve that problem
El-Wak 6 years ago

We have to understand that the decision to execute offenders condemned to death is solely the President's. Since the 60's, no President or Head of State has ordered the execution of a prisoner condemned to death BY HANGING.
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We have to understand that the decision to execute offenders condemned to death is solely the President's. Since the 60's, no President or Head of State has ordered the execution of a prisoner condemned to death BY HANGING.
However during the revolutionary era, some prisoners, particularly armed robbers and "alleged coup makers" condemned to death by firing squad, were accordingly executed. By taking the operational allowance which is just a subsituation for execution allowance, prison personnel are committed to hang prisoners when the order comes from the executive. They better prepare, for there is no free lunch.
Zaida 6 years ago

Recruit the obrafours of the Ashanti's.. I'm sure if they can do the job.

Recruit the obrafours of the Ashanti's.. I'm sure if they can do the job.
Frank Talk 6 years ago

I am not surprised, Ghanaians are religious. We are all corrupt but we don't kil. We don't miss the weekly visit to the church mosque or shrines. Killing is among the few sins we make serious effort abstain from. How then do ...
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I am not surprised, Ghanaians are religious. We are all corrupt but we don't kil. We don't miss the weekly visit to the church mosque or shrines. Killing is among the few sins we make serious effort abstain from. How then do you expect a true Ghanaian to be a hangman. We steal we lie we commit adultery we bear false witness but killing alone I beg we are RELIGIOUS. We can't do that.
Ex warrant Officer. 6 years ago

Stop interrupting the death sentence hanging around the neck of Major Mahama and the police killers. Killing is killing. The Bible says he who draws sword dies by the sword. All killers must be killed period. What kind of bas ...
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Stop interrupting the death sentence hanging around the neck of Major Mahama and the police killers. Killing is killing. The Bible says he who draws sword dies by the sword. All killers must be killed period. What kind of baseless reasoning those kind of amnesty guys proposing? They should wait when armed robers kill and rob a dear family member and see whether they should be set free to continue. They are a nuisance that must not be allowed in any human society. Hmmmm.
ST. GHFUO, is this the best you can d 6 years ago

put out job posting n u will see the response. why cant u put most of these criminals to work to develop the country in terms of construction, road projects, railways etc. go online n do research on the prison industrial comp ...
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put out job posting n u will see the response. why cant u put most of these criminals to work to develop the country in terms of construction, road projects, railways etc. go online n do research on the prison industrial complex. private businesses now own and run private jails and they engage in contractual business with the govt, police to transport convicts into their jails on behalf of the govt. even michael jordan now owns a prison
Footsoldier 6 years ago

The Director of Prison Mr Coffie should bow his head in shame.If he as a director knows that there are condemned prisoners what has he to do?Has they stop recruitment ,why not trained some? Also if he as Director could not or ...
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The Director of Prison Mr Coffie should bow his head in shame.If he as a director knows that there are condemned prisoners what has he to do?Has they stop recruitment ,why not trained some? Also if he as Director could not order the maintaining the machine?Again in this modern world hanging is seen as a crude way of taking life.Lethal injection or electric chair could be used.
Lion man 6 years ago

Contact the national service secrétariat for hanging personnels. Remember to give them extra allowance

Contact the national service secrétariat for hanging personnels. Remember to give them extra allowance
Zamora Lafia 6 years ago

Just pick anyone from the streets of DO!

Just pick anyone from the streets of DO!
he is sorry 6 years ago

the Bible says we shdnt pay wicked to wicked.

the Bible says we shdnt pay wicked to wicked.

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