Judges are not Angels and Saints

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  • Dzigbodi , CT 12 years ago

    Thank you for your write up. I know that the almighty God himself will protect Ken until he is release. And I know he will come back stronger than he went in.

  • Fo Kwaku - Tanyingbe 12 years ago

    LETS ALL CONDEM HIS ACTIONS AND INACTIONS. ITS DAGEROUS TO SUPPORT HIS CRIMINAL ACTS AND DISRESPECT FOR THE SUPREME COURT

  • insight to the bone 12 years ago

    Since before independence we have been plagued by all sorts of ruthless , vicious and willfully authoritative govts that all have one thing in common , denying the right of free speech and proper analysis of the motives and a ...
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  • Kojo T 12 years ago

    Was it only NPP that went to jail?You guys always twist facts. When 6 people were executed after June 4th you will write only Akans were sngled out. Away with your selective memeory. Is Atubiga also not human?

  • C'MAN- Fairfax, Virginia 12 years ago

    Judges are generally to protect the people and interperate the law aside other numerous duties they performed like any other citizen of a country.But these supreme court judges sitting on this election petition case are more ...
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  • Prof Lungu 12 years ago

    We are steadfast in support of Freedom of Speech for all Ghanaians, and Freedom of the Press for all persons in that noble profession.

    We believe that the panel of judges, Justice Atuguba, in particular, is greatly over- ...
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  • Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 12 years ago

    Katakyie, those of us who are not lawyers ought to be careful in debating this matter because the issue of free speech and press freedom versus contempt of court is a very contentious. We should remember that both rights are ...
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  • Prof Lungu 12 years ago

    Kofi Ata,

    You are all over the place the way we see it!

    It appears you do not have a standard for "constructive criticism" outside a classroom. Perhaps that is why choose to dabble in "what Ken Kuranchie was alleged to ...
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  • Kojo T 12 years ago

    Prof please read the post on contempt. I guess you are in the USA and follow the case of George Ziemmerman carefully. Just listen to the analysis. is it not a far cry from what was happening in the Ghanaian media? Let us leav ...
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  • Prof Lungu 12 years ago

    Come on, Kojo T!

    Ever imagined what is "contempt" is actually in the eye of the beholder?
    Looks like that is an item you may want to reflect on, if we may!

    ITEM: The judge at the head of the court in the Trayvon Marti ...
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  • Yaw Amofa 12 years ago

    You would have made a very good case, if your article wasn't one sided! Of the three people sanction by the court, you chose mention only two, and that is only because one is your school mate! As for the one you blanked out, ...
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  • Agyaagya 12 years ago

    Stop this nonsense,first of all the bias and authoritarian judgement against free speech or part of the society is simply wrong.

  • Yaw Amofa 12 years ago

    I normally would have matched the tone of your comment accordingly, but I would not for the sake of sound reasoning. Where in the world is there free speech? What would be free speech in one society would not be in another. T ...
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  • Juicy Chic. 12 years ago

    Thank you Mr Yaw , (From the recent judgements passed unto Messrs Sammy Awuku and Ken Kuranchie,) He mention two of his men and rubbish ATUBIGA because the Atubiga guy is an animal and pepeni to deserved it . Our biggest prob ...
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  • mahama must come clean 12 years ago

    WE ALL SAW WHAT HAPPENED IN THE COURT ROOM,AND ANSWER IS ATUBIGA FATHER WAS THERE,NOT KK,BUT NOW MAHAMA POWER FROM ABOVE MOVED KK FROM HERE TO THERE WHY,SO PEOPLE MUST UNDERSTAND IT ALL,PERIOD,ITS A SHAME,POOR GHANIANS,STILL ...
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  • KB 12 years ago

    Thank you,Amofa,thank you very much.

  • kwesi 12 years ago

    expression of freedom of speech does not mean people should speak rubbish. remember where your freedom begins to express itself is where another person's freedom ends. in the name of freedom of expression people like you spea ...
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  • STONER KOBYLYNTON 12 years ago

    Kwasi, cool down and support your comment with facts and not insults. By the way can you remember the number of times when previous Head of States in our country were criticised and insulted? Did they put somebody in jail - a ...
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  • AUSTRALIA 12 years ago

    WE ALL KNOW WHAT FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS AND PLEASE STOP LECTURING GHANAIANS WHAT YOUR VERSION OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH SHOULD BE.
    THE JUDGES ARE THERE TO PRORECT THE NATION FROM ANARCHY AND PEOPLE LIKE YOU WHO HAVE A PERVERTED SEN ...
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  • STONER KOBYLYNTON 12 years ago

    Australia, take it that l have corrupt sense of freedom and just supporting these gentlemen who were hauled before these wiglords. The comments made by Awuku and Kuranchie are not insidious which warrant a jail term. These wi ...
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  • BK 12 years ago

    Oh, yes, in a true freedom of speech environment, people are entitled to speak rubbish. If you have a reason to believe that the "rubbish talk" breaks the law then you take the offender to court, prove your case, and seek app ...
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  • nana addo dankwa akufo addo 12 years ago

    "You cannot have your cake and eat it"? Do u really mean that? Hahahahaaaa

  • Kwobia ( Toronto ) 12 years ago

    The writer has misunderstood the SC.It has not undermined free speech,instead it has sort to
    Curtail unwarranted insults heaped towards it.

  • princewilly@ymail.com 12 years ago

    The young clerk's responsibilities included bringing the judge a hot cup of coffee at the start of every day. Each morning the judge was enraged that the coffee cup arrived two-thirds full. The clerk explained that he had to ...
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  • Prof Lungu 12 years ago

    Ha!

  • Richard 12 years ago

    All this is thrash. NPP shall never come to power. Forget it.

  • TT 12 years ago

    Trash not Thrash

  • GAWUKO 12 years ago

    You are far from sainthood, let alone coming anywhere near an angel. Your article because of the one sided view you presented did not add quality to the debate which is raging on. The only thing that can be said for it is tha ...
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  • FRED ASEM 12 years ago

    Yes, of course, they are not and will never be, just like your arrogant and foolish useless and arrogant drug addict,Akufo Addo is not born to be president.If this impersonator had not taken Ghanaians for granted, and taken t ...
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  • DAN 12 years ago

    for taking bribes or corrupt in other ways

  • GENERAL DeGAULE 12 years ago

    Next time enlighten yourself on the law of civil and criminal contempt first before you attempt an essay on freedom of speech.

  • P N ARHIN. 12 years ago

    well said, the writer of this article.

  • obelow 12 years ago

    kuranchie is a sacrificial soul for our victory to come.

  • Whatever 12 years ago

    Sitting judges, in order to have their authority and respect preserved are barred from granting interviews, issuing statements or to have exchanges on-air to defend themselves against harmful accusations. That is why the law ...
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  • Abdulrazak Tindana 12 years ago

    May almighty Allah be with u Ken.

  • KBJ 12 years ago

    WHO TOLD YOU THAT THERE ARE SAINTS AND ANEGELS